Electoral wardE05016503
Batley East ward, Kirklees
Batley East is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,637 residents in 5,451 households — 2,591 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,637council ward average 18,835
Households5,4512.87 residents per household
Density2,591/ km²about 6.04 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+13.8%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 995
5–96.6% · 1,029
10–158.8% · 1,374
16–195.9% · 927
20–247.3% · 1,147
25–3413.4% · 2,099
35–4921.2% · 3,315
50–6416.5% · 2,585
65–748.0% · 1,247
75–844.3% · 679
85+1.5% · 239
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.6% · 1,340
1 car or van42.7% · 2,327
2 cars or vans24.8% · 1,351
3 or more7.9% · 430
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright39.5% · 2,148
With mortgage22.2% · 1,210
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented16.2% · 882
Private rented21.4% · 1,163
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house12.5% · 680
Semi-detached house32.9% · 1,793
Terraced house39.3% · 2,138
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 694
Converted house0.8% · 43
Other conversion1.1% · 58
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016503- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 8 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.