Electoral wardE05016514
Dewsbury West ward, Kirklees
Dewsbury West is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 20,634 residents in 6,560 households — 4,214 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202120,634council ward average 18,835
Households6,5603.15 residents per household
Density4,214/ km²about 4.90 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+8.6%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 27.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.1% · 1,668
5–98.7% · 1,801
10–1510.6% · 2,197
16–196.9% · 1,419
20–247.4% · 1,520
25–3415.1% · 3,109
35–4921.0% · 4,323
50–6413.7% · 2,823
65–745.1% · 1,043
75–842.4% · 504
85+1.1% · 227
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.9% · 1,898
1 car or van41.6% · 2,731
2 cars or vans21.8% · 1,429
3 or more7.7% · 505
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright26.4% · 1,734
With mortgage27.9% · 1,832
Shared ownership0.2% · 16
Social rented23.7% · 1,556
Private rented21.1% · 1,388
Lives rent free0.6% · 37
Type of home
Detached house14.0% · 920
Semi-detached house33.8% · 2,223
Terraced house35.6% · 2,335
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 905
Converted house1.8% · 115
Other conversion0.6% · 42
Above shop / office0.4% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016514- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 3 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.