Electoral wardE05016502
Ashbrow ward, Kirklees
Ashbrow is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 21,211 residents in 8,741 households — 1,598 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202121,211council ward average 18,835
Households8,7412.43 residents per household
Density1,598/ km²about 13.27 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+16.3%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 1,391
5–97.2% · 1,525
10–158.4% · 1,780
16–194.8% · 1,024
20–245.3% · 1,123
25–3412.7% · 2,690
35–4919.9% · 4,214
50–6418.9% · 4,013
65–749.0% · 1,916
75–845.2% · 1,106
85+2.0% · 433
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.5% · 2,579
1 car or van41.6% · 3,638
2 cars or vans22.3% · 1,954
3 or more6.6% · 577
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright30.1% · 2,624
With mortgage26.9% · 2,349
Shared ownership0.4% · 37
Social rented24.5% · 2,139
Private rented17.7% · 1,546
Lives rent free0.4% · 37
Type of home
Detached house24.0% · 2,100
Semi-detached house38.1% · 3,337
Terraced house27.2% · 2,379
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 786
Converted house1.1% · 95
Other conversion0.3% · 29
Above shop / office0.2% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016502- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 23
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 13 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.