Electoral wardE05016506
Cleckheaton ward, Kirklees
Cleckheaton is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,793 residents in 7,639 households — 1,487 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,793council ward average 18,835
Households7,6392.2 residents per household
Density1,487/ km²about 11.30 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+20.3%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 918
5–95.5% · 928
10–157.0% · 1,178
16–193.7% · 615
20–245.2% · 878
25–3413.0% · 2,180
35–4918.8% · 3,162
50–6420.9% · 3,518
65–7411.3% · 1,902
75–846.6% · 1,104
85+2.4% · 411
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.1% · 1,612
1 car or van42.4% · 3,238
2 cars or vans27.9% · 2,126
3 or more8.6% · 657
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright34.0% · 2,594
With mortgage31.7% · 2,422
Shared ownership0.3% · 24
Social rented12.7% · 970
Private rented21.0% · 1,601
Lives rent free0.3% · 20
Type of home
Detached house21.0% · 1,602
Semi-detached house34.0% · 2,599
Terraced house30.1% · 2,301
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 935
Converted house0.7% · 50
Other conversion1.2% · 93
Above shop / office0.7% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016506- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.