Electoral wardE05016513
Dewsbury South ward, Kirklees
Dewsbury South is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 19,261 residents in 6,555 households — 1,374 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202119,261council ward average 18,835
Households6,5552.94 residents per household
Density1,374/ km²about 14.02 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+14.3%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 22.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,260
5–97.2% · 1,384
10–159.0% · 1,733
16–196.3% · 1,205
20–247.0% · 1,356
25–3413.0% · 2,502
35–4919.3% · 3,720
50–6417.3% · 3,341
65–748.4% · 1,610
75–844.4% · 843
85+1.6% · 309
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.2% · 1,519
1 car or van41.1% · 2,693
2 cars or vans26.0% · 1,702
3 or more9.7% · 637
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 2,518
With mortgage25.4% · 1,664
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented21.1% · 1,384
Private rented14.5% · 951
Lives rent free0.3% · 21
Type of home
Detached house19.5% · 1,281
Semi-detached house38.8% · 2,541
Terraced house31.4% · 2,060
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 591
Converted house0.7% · 44
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016513- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 18 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.