Electoral wardE05016511
Denby Dale ward, Kirklees
Denby Dale is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,633 residents in 7,171 households — 404 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,633council ward average 18,835
Households7,1712.32 residents per household
Density404/ km²about 41.15 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+24.6%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 744
5–95.5% · 907
10–157.1% · 1,186
16–194.0% · 661
20–244.1% · 680
25–349.6% · 1,601
35–4918.3% · 3,046
50–6422.3% · 3,708
65–7413.5% · 2,243
75–848.3% · 1,378
85+2.9% · 474
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.3% · 811
1 car or van38.8% · 2,778
2 cars or vans37.0% · 2,656
3 or more12.9% · 924
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 3,087
With mortgage35.3% · 2,529
Shared ownership0.2% · 16
Social rented7.4% · 533
Private rented13.9% · 995
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house41.4% · 2,970
Semi-detached house30.5% · 2,184
Terraced house24.3% · 1,744
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 182
Converted house0.2% · 13
Other conversion0.5% · 33
Above shop / office0.5% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016511- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Denby Dale
Council offices in this ward
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.