Electoral wardE05016508
Colne Valley West ward, Kirklees
Colne Valley West is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,438 residents in 7,277 households — 265 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,438council ward average 18,835
Households7,2772.26 residents per household
Density265/ km²about 62.10 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+19.4%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 828
5–95.8% · 955
10–156.9% · 1,137
16–194.1% · 682
20–244.1% · 682
25–3411.5% · 1,884
35–4920.1% · 3,301
50–6423.0% · 3,786
65–7411.3% · 1,864
75–846.0% · 991
85+2.0% · 331
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 1,268
1 car or van43.1% · 3,133
2 cars or vans30.1% · 2,193
3 or more9.4% · 683
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 2,832
With mortgage35.4% · 2,580
Shared ownership0.3% · 24
Social rented6.6% · 484
Private rented18.7% · 1,363
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house20.0% · 1,458
Semi-detached house23.7% · 1,723
Terraced house49.1% · 3,571
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 331
Converted house1.1% · 81
Other conversion0.7% · 50
Above shop / office0.7% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016508- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 23 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.