Upper Batley & Soothill

Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,842 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,283 of 6,856 in England
  • #454 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #38 of 59 in Kirklees
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,913
Median age (est.)37
Density1,678per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 23%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 11%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Sales & customer service 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Sales & customer service12%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 44%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 52%Asian 44%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Muslim 44% · Christian 30% · No religion 21%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Upper Batley & Soothill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,283 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 59 in Kirklees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (46) and lowest on Income (18). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 74% in five years (from 99 sales), 10% above the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,572 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 18 · #5,612
Employment 26 · #5,050
Education 21 · #5,393
Health 31 · #4,755
Crime 28 · #4,899
Housing & access 46 · #3,679
Living environment 21 · #5,400

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00099+7.0%+74.2%
Detached£319,99812+6.7%+61.4%
Semi-detached£258,50058+10.4%+71.2%
Terraced£139,00026+19.3%+41.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£230,000
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)£35,572±£5,096 · #4,859 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,532
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 452 offences
Kirklees91
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,282 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences235
Theft35
Burglary27
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons41
Drugs24
Robbery1
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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