Golcar

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,564 · 4 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,851 of 6,856 in England
  • #418 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #34 of 59 in Kirklees
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,543
Median age (est.)41
Density3,120per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 17%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Golcar is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,851 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (40) and lowest on Employment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £167,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 105 sales), 20% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,406 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 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 36 · #4,372
Employment 26 · #5,105
Education 40 · #4,111
Health 32 · #4,666
Crime 29 · #4,886
Housing & access 37 · #4,330
Living environment 34 · #4,536

House prices ?

£167,000median (12m) · -9.7% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£167,000105-9.7%+19.9%
Detached£345,0008+21.9%+16.9%
Semi-detached£185,25032-6.2%+17.8%
Terraced£165,00049-2.9%+26.9%
Flat£111,25016-2.6%+13.5%
This area£167,000
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)£33,406±£4,763 · #5,542 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,533
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 516 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,009 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences255
Theft35
Burglary28
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons52
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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