Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees
Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,114 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,791 of 6,856 in England
- #509 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
- #45 of 59 in Kirklees
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 17% · Sales & customer service 15% · Process & plant 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 17% |
| Sales & customer service | 15% |
| Process & plant | 14% |
| Elementary | 11% |
| Managers & directors | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Associate professional | 8% |
| Skilled trades | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Muslim 76% · Christian 10% · No religion 7%
Born outside the UK: 29%
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
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,791 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #45 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (47) and lowest on Education (9). Typical homes here, about £157,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 36 sales), 25% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,616 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £157,500 | 36 | +5.0% | +34.0% |
| Detached | £232,784 | 8 | -22.4% | +18.5% |
| Semi-detached | £156,500 | 14 | -7.9% | +0.3% |
| Terraced | £151,000 | 14 | +3.4% | +48.8% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #4,022 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #3,221 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 329 |
| Theft | 101 |
| Burglary | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 42 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 50 |
| Public order & weapons | 83 |
| Drugs | 38 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Other | 40 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 94 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Kirklees
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Radford WestCoventry16£200,000
- Pakefield NorthEast Suffolk16£202,000
- PatricroftSalford16£207,500
- Keighley UtleyBradford16£224,995
- Stoke ParkIpswich16£248,000
- Horton BankBradford15£152,000