Electoral wardE05016515
Greenhead ward, Kirklees
Greenhead is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 23,039 residents in 9,316 households — 4,746 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202123,039council ward average 18,835
Households9,3162.47 residents per household
Density4,746/ km²about 4.85 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+12.7%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 1,464
5–96.7% · 1,548
10–158.1% · 1,873
16–195.0% · 1,146
20–247.7% · 1,771
25–3415.3% · 3,517
35–4921.0% · 4,843
50–6417.1% · 3,942
65–747.1% · 1,643
75–843.9% · 909
85+1.6% · 379
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.2% · 3,092
1 car or van40.0% · 3,729
2 cars or vans20.3% · 1,890
3 or more6.5% · 603
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.8% · 2,590
With mortgage25.6% · 2,384
Shared ownership0.2% · 21
Social rented12.8% · 1,190
Private rented33.3% · 3,100
Lives rent free0.3% · 24
Type of home
Detached house13.6% · 1,266
Semi-detached house21.2% · 1,979
Terraced house40.8% · 3,805
Purpose-built flat14.9% · 1,392
Converted house6.8% · 636
Other conversion1.9% · 173
Above shop / office0.7% · 64
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016515- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 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 13 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.