Earlsheaton & Chickenley

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,261 · 6 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,695 of 6,856 in England
  • #501 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #43 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,151
Median age (est.)37
Density3,278per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above21%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 24%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 13% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades13%
Elementary13%
Process & plant12%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 41% · Muslim 10%

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

Earlsheaton & Chickenley is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,695 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #43 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (52) and lowest on Crime (11). Typical homes here sold for about £202,750 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 130 sales), in line with the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,116 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 102 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 20 · #5,489
Employment 18 · #5,612
Education 15 · #5,825
Health 19 · #5,544
Crime 11 · #6,078
Housing & access 36 · #4,378
Living environment 52 · #3,261

House prices ?

£202,750median (12m) · +24.4% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,750130+24.4%+22.9%
Detached£280,00028+6.0%+5.7%
Semi-detached£205,00057+14.4%+30.2%
Terraced£150,00041+6.4%+30.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£202,750
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)£33,116±£4,684 · #5,639 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,547
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

102 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,045 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,004 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences602
Theft86
Burglary29
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson100
Public order & weapons93
Drugs26
Robbery6
Other41

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 147 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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