Almondbury & Waterloo

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,886 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,878 of 6,856 in England
  • #330 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #27 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,880
Median age (est.)47
Density1,425per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 12%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 5%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 5%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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.

In summary

Almondbury & Waterloo is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,878 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (70) and lowest on Crime (24). Typical homes here, about £262,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 61% in five years (from 62 sales), 25% above the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,036 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 47 · #3,659
Employment 40 · #4,091
Education 44 · #3,830
Health 43 · #3,926
Crime 24 · #5,208
Housing & access 70 · #2,020
Living environment 39 · #4,159

House prices ?

£262,500median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,50062+7.6%+61.0%
Detached£331,25022+6.9%+12.3%
Semi-detached£246,25022+7.1%+58.9%
Terraced£168,00015-4.0%+60.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£262,500
Kirklees£210,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,036±£5,143 · #4,692 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,437
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 521 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,474 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences201
Theft98
Burglary42
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons58
Drugs27
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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