Electoral wardE05016505
Birstall & Birkenshaw ward, Kirklees
Birstall & Birkenshaw is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,589 residents in 8,036 households — 1,391 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,589council ward average 18,835
Households8,0362.31 residents per household
Density1,391/ km²about 13.36 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+20.1%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 1,063
5–96.2% · 1,151
10–157.5% · 1,397
16–194.0% · 749
20–244.5% · 833
25–3412.6% · 2,345
35–4919.0% · 3,528
50–6420.3% · 3,780
65–7410.8% · 2,002
75–846.9% · 1,287
85+2.4% · 452
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.0% · 1,446
1 car or van42.1% · 3,381
2 cars or vans31.0% · 2,494
3 or more8.9% · 716
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright34.8% · 2,795
With mortgage36.2% · 2,910
Shared ownership0.4% · 33
Social rented13.8% · 1,110
Private rented14.6% · 1,172
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house22.6% · 1,818
Semi-detached house39.1% · 3,142
Terraced house27.5% · 2,210
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 762
Converted house0.4% · 29
Other conversion0.4% · 30
Above shop / office0.6% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016505- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 17 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 12 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.