Cowlersley & Milnsbridge

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,775 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,989 of 6,856 in England
  • #427 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #35 of 59 in Kirklees
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,685
Median age (est.)39
Density2,784per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 12%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Elementary11%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 38% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Cowlersley & Milnsbridge is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,989 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 59 in Kirklees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (63) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here, about £149,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 80 sales), 29% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,768 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,420
Employment 28 · #4,934
Education 31 · #4,707
Health 26 · #5,078
Crime 26 · #5,105
Housing & access 63 · #2,514
Living environment 5 · #6,497

House prices ?

£149,000median (12m) · +8.2% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£149,00080+8.2%+35.5%
Detached£351,0005+48.7%
Semi-detached£195,00013+15.4%+45.0%
Terraced£145,00055+5.5%+45.0%
Flat£107,0007+16.6%+68.5%
This area£149,000
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)£34,768±£5,020 · #5,107 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,997
Price-to-income ?4.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 718 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,096 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences357
Theft91
Burglary39
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons49
Drugs25
Robbery8
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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