Oakes & South Lindley

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,712 · 4 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,480 of 6,856 in England
  • #304 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #24 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,638
Median age (est.)42
Density4,319per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van26%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 11%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 17%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 73%Asian 17%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 36% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Oakes & South Lindley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,480 of 6,856 in England, and #24 of 59 in Kirklees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Living environment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £192,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 76 sales), 9% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #755 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,938 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 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 45 · #3,748
Employment 39 · #4,180
Education 71 · #2,013
Health 33 · #4,618
Crime 46 · #3,679
Housing & access 90 · #690
Living environment 24 · #5,228

House prices ?

£192,000median (12m) · +18.2% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,00076+18.2%+21.1%
Detached£403,40013+4.1%+20.4%
Semi-detached£229,00021+6.5%+30.9%
Terraced£160,00037+12.3%+39.1%
Flat£162,5005+36.0%+75.7%
This area£192,000
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)£37,938±£5,369 · #4,063 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,474
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 609 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,575 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft113
Burglary30
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons74
Drugs15
Robbery5
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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