Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,286 · 4 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,276 of 6,856 in England
  • #360 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #28 of 59 in Kirklees
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,249
Median age (est.)42
Density2,160per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van20%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 14%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 14%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 35% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,276 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (43) and lowest on Crime (25). Typical homes here, about £218,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 126 sales), in line with the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,921 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,001 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,234
Employment 41 · #4,029
Education 38 · #4,269
Health 43 · #3,878
Crime 25 · #5,153
Housing & access 42 · #3,940
Living environment 31 · #4,714

House prices ?

£218,750median (12m) · -6.9% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£218,750126-6.9%+36.7%
Detached£317,50034+0.5%+35.1%
Semi-detached£209,00064-7.1%+27.8%
Terraced£142,00027-8.4%+29.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£218,750
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)£35,001±£4,926 · #5,037 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,089
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 611 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,849 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences311
Theft64
Burglary41
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons56
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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