Yorkshire and The Humber · 59 areas. Area Score 0–100 (higher = less deprived).
40
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#214 of 296 local authorities
· 59 neighbourhoods · 437,794 residents
Income41
Employment38
Education44
Health38
Crime32
Housing & access55
Living env.34
Residents by national deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Ravensthorpe (3) to Shelley & Shepley (91); 14% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
There is a sharp split within Kirklees: Shelley & Shepley scores 91 out of 100 (#608 of 6,856 nationally) while Ravensthorpe sits at 3 — neighbours on the map, 88 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 14 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 30 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £102,000 in Lockwood to £312,000 in Upperthong & Holmbridge — a 3.1× gap within Kirklees.
Living here
Typical net household income£35,922a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime91per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied66%
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in Kirklees
£210,000median home sold over the past year · +27.3% over 5 years · +3.2% over the year · 5,111 sales
Detached£370,000
Semi-detached£223,123
Terraced£160,000
Flat£110,250
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
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Towns & places in Kirklees
Grouped neighbourhoods that share a town or locality name.
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 15%Private rent 19%
Households
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 15%
Work (top occupations)
Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%
All occupation groups
Professional
18%
Associate professional
13%
Managers & directors
12%
Skilled trades
11%
Elementary
10%
Caring & leisure
9%
Administrative
9%
Process & plant
9%
Sales & customer service
8%
Ethnic group
White 74%Asian 19%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%
Religion & identity
Christian 39% · No religion 35% · Muslim 18%
Born outside the UK: 13%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each
question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date
from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
