Marsden & Pole Moor

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,309 · 4 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,789 of 6,856 in England
  • #323 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #25 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,377
Median age (est.)47
Density123per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Marsden & Pole Moor is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,789 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 59 in Kirklees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (65) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here, about £256,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 86 sales), 22% above the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,958 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,265 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 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.

Income 65 · #2,404
Employment 49 · #3,480
Education 64 · #2,486
Health 48 · #3,563
Crime 44 · #3,864
Housing & access 25 · #5,139
Living environment 6 · #6,462

House prices ?

£256,250median (12m) · +15.2% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£256,25086+15.2%+33.1%
Detached£513,50020+18.1%+28.7%
Semi-detached£290,00015+23.4%+48.7%
Terraced£205,500490.0%+27.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£256,250
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)£36,265±£5,364 · #4,613 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,299
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 346 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,471 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft37
Burglary23
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons40
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 55 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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