Emley & Skelmanthorpe

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,622 · 4 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,116 of 6,856 in England
  • #168 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #13 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,567
Median age (est.)48
Density371per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above34%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Emley & Skelmanthorpe is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,116 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (79) and lowest on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here, about £281,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 132 sales), 34% above the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,073 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,240
Employment 60 · #2,740
Education 79 · #1,431
Health 58 · #2,891
Crime 75 · #1,732
Housing & access 29 · #4,858
Living environment 59 · #2,795

House prices ?

£281,000median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£281,000132+4.1%+47.0%
Detached£381,47552+13.9%+21.1%
Semi-detached£260,00043+13.1%+39.6%
Terraced£215,00035+21.6%+41.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£281,000
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)£37,073±£5,247 · #4,338 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,805
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 303 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,759 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences158
Theft14
Burglary27
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons45
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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