Electoral wardE05016510
Dalton ward, Kirklees
Dalton is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,228 residents in 7,903 households — 1,449 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,228council ward average 18,835
Households7,9032.31 residents per household
Density1,449/ km²about 12.58 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+17.0%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 1,033
5–96.3% · 1,144
10–157.5% · 1,362
16–194.6% · 838
20–248.1% · 1,469
25–3413.2% · 2,409
35–4917.9% · 3,257
50–6419.9% · 3,621
65–749.4% · 1,708
75–845.6% · 1,030
85+2.0% · 364
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.5% · 2,490
1 car or van41.1% · 3,245
2 cars or vans20.8% · 1,645
3 or more6.6% · 523
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.4% · 2,559
With mortgage25.7% · 2,027
Shared ownership0.5% · 39
Social rented19.6% · 1,548
Private rented21.5% · 1,695
Lives rent free0.4% · 32
Type of home
Detached house11.4% · 904
Semi-detached house43.5% · 3,436
Terraced house29.4% · 2,326
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 947
Converted house1.5% · 116
Other conversion1.1% · 85
Above shop / office1.1% · 86
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016510- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Kirkburton
Council offices in this ward
CKirklees Metropolitan Borough CouncilCouncil office · HD1 9WJCKirklees Council Huddersfield Customer Service CentreCouncil office · HD1 2YZCKirklees CouncilCouncil office · HD1 2TTTHuddersfield Town HallTown hall · HD1 2TACKirklees Business HubCouncil office · HD1 2TGCKirklees Council Investment & Regeneration DeptCouncil office · HD1 2TG
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.