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Administrative Areas

Ward
Birstall and Birkenshaw
Local Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Batley and Spen
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
164
Population
352
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚WF17 9YW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
352
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
289
Single
102
Married
126
Separated
8
Divorced
34
Widowed
19

Health

Population
352
Very good
151
Good
118
Fair
60
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
289
England❚WF17 9YW❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
352
White British
324
White Irish
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
352
England
324
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
7
Romania
5
India
1
Pakistan
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
352
Christian
236
Muslim
7
Other
3
No religion
79
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
182
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
19
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚WF17 9YW❚
Full-Time employee
119
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
22
Unemployed
10
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
63
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
34
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
16
Living rent free
12

Housing Types

All categoies
181
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
17
Detached
28
Semi detached
51
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
40

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
59
Two people
55
Three people
27
Four people
14
Five people
8
Six people
1

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019