Electoral wardE05016504
Batley West ward, Kirklees
Batley West is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 22,350 residents in 8,288 households — 4,449 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202122,350council ward average 18,835
Households8,2882.7 residents per household
Density4,449/ km²about 5.02 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+11.8%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 24.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 1,685
5–97.5% · 1,686
10–159.3% · 2,077
16–195.7% · 1,275
20–246.9% · 1,549
25–3414.8% · 3,316
35–4920.5% · 4,586
50–6415.8% · 3,532
65–747.3% · 1,620
75–843.5% · 783
85+1.0% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.1% · 2,163
1 car or van42.9% · 3,557
2 cars or vans24.0% · 1,990
3 or more7.0% · 583
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright28.8% · 2,392
With mortgage26.6% · 2,202
Shared ownership0.5% · 41
Social rented20.6% · 1,712
Private rented23.1% · 1,919
Lives rent free0.3% · 26
Type of home
Detached house14.1% · 1,168
Semi-detached house38.9% · 3,224
Terraced house31.4% · 2,598
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 958
Converted house0.6% · 46
Other conversion2.9% · 237
Above shop / office0.6% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016504- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.