Huddersfield Leeds Road & Fartown

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,500 · 4 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,565 of 6,856 in England
  • #624 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #58 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,224
Median age (est.)32
Density1,787per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above25%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 18%25–44 30%45–64 21%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 30%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 20%Other: 11%
One person 39%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 20%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant13%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 28%Black: 14%Mixed: 8%Other: 7%
White 44%Asian 28%Black 14%Mixed 8%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 32% · No religion 29% · Muslim 28%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Huddersfield Leeds Road & Fartown is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,565 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #58 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (24) and lowest on Income (4). Typical homes here, about £139,125 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 62 sales), 34% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,807 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 381 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 4 · #6,579
Employment 7 · #6,387
Education 8 · #6,339
Health 6 · #6,414
Crime 5 · #6,531
Housing & access 24 · #5,174
Living environment 8 · #6,305

House prices ?

£139,125median (12m) · -26.8% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£139,12562-26.8%+59.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£245,00029+5.3%+135.6%
Terraced£105,00029-12.5%+35.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£139,125
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)£31,807±£4,518 · #6,004 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,609
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

381 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,857 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,383 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,086
Theft797
Burglary66
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson155
Public order & weapons345
Drugs180
Robbery71
Other74

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 200 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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