Electoral wardE05016516
Heckmondwike ward, Kirklees
Heckmondwike is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,439 residents in 6,407 households — 3,490 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,439council ward average 18,835
Households6,4072.57 residents per household
Density3,490/ km²about 4.71 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+16.7%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 1,000
5–97.1% · 1,168
10–158.6% · 1,415
16–194.8% · 788
20–245.3% · 873
25–3413.0% · 2,140
35–4919.9% · 3,279
50–6418.5% · 3,039
65–749.1% · 1,498
75–845.4% · 880
85+2.2% · 365
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 1,370
1 car or van42.6% · 2,725
2 cars or vans27.7% · 1,772
3 or more8.3% · 534
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.8% · 2,101
With mortgage35.2% · 2,257
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented13.6% · 872
Private rented17.9% · 1,146
Lives rent free0.4% · 25
Type of home
Detached house21.4% · 1,371
Semi-detached house39.5% · 2,532
Terraced house26.4% · 1,693
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 655
Converted house0.9% · 55
Other conversion0.8% · 51
Above shop / office0.8% · 50
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016516- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.