Electoral wardE05016512
Dewsbury East ward, Kirklees
Dewsbury East is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 20,616 residents in 8,534 households — 2,902 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202120,616council ward average 18,835
Households8,5342.42 residents per household
Density2,902/ km²about 7.11 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+15.4%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,334
5–96.8% · 1,406
10–158.0% · 1,646
16–194.7% · 975
20–245.6% · 1,145
25–3414.6% · 3,012
35–4920.0% · 4,116
50–6418.4% · 3,801
65–748.3% · 1,708
75–845.0% · 1,029
85+2.1% · 440
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.8% · 2,289
1 car or van41.8% · 3,572
2 cars or vans24.6% · 2,103
3 or more6.7% · 573
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright28.5% · 2,429
With mortgage30.3% · 2,586
Shared ownership0.7% · 59
Social rented20.8% · 1,774
Private rented19.2% · 1,640
Lives rent free0.5% · 44
Type of home
Detached house13.0% · 1,108
Semi-detached house43.9% · 3,750
Terraced house23.8% · 2,028
Purpose-built flat15.2% · 1,298
Converted house1.0% · 86
Other conversion2.2% · 187
Above shop / office0.8% · 70
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016512- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 12 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.