Electoral wardE05016507
Colne Valley East ward, Kirklees
Colne Valley East is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,641 residents in 8,340 households — 3,178 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,641council ward average 18,835
Households8,3402.24 residents per household
Density3,178/ km²about 5.87 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+16.2%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 1,074
5–96.3% · 1,170
10–157.4% · 1,376
16–194.4% · 821
20–245.4% · 1,001
25–3414.5% · 2,704
35–4919.4% · 3,625
50–6420.7% · 3,857
65–749.4% · 1,758
75–844.9% · 921
85+1.8% · 337
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.4% · 1,950
1 car or van45.1% · 3,766
2 cars or vans25.2% · 2,104
3 or more6.3% · 522
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.3% · 2,614
With mortgage33.5% · 2,795
Shared ownership0.3% · 28
Social rented12.0% · 1,004
Private rented22.5% · 1,880
Lives rent free0.2% · 20
Type of home
Detached house11.3% · 942
Semi-detached house28.7% · 2,397
Terraced house47.9% · 4,000
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 526
Converted house1.1% · 89
Other conversion3.9% · 329
Above shop / office0.7% · 57
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016507- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 5 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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.