Scholes & Hunsworth

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,610 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,953 of 6,856 in England
  • #252 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #19 of 59 in Kirklees
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,580
Median age (est.)44
Density856per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Scholes & Hunsworth is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,953 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (61) and lowest on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 123 sales), 12% above the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #848 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,554 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 61 · #2,699
Employment 54 · #3,172
Education 56 · #3,028
Health 53 · #3,199
Crime 50 · #3,432
Housing & access 41 · #4,036
Living environment 41 · #4,015

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +11.9% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,000123+11.9%+34.3%
Detached£372,49834-5.1%+52.0%
Semi-detached£225,00049+14.8%+25.0%
Terraced£138,75034-17.7%+26.1%
Flat£113,5006+1.8%
This area£235,000
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)£38,554±£5,426 · #3,852 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,307
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 465 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,552 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences230
Theft42
Burglary34
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons33
Drugs16
Robbery2
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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