Electoral wardE05016518
Holme Valley South ward, Kirklees
Holme Valley South is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 19,215 residents in 8,334 households — 318 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202119,215council ward average 18,835
Households8,3342.31 residents per household
Density318/ km²about 60.48 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+22.5%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 796
5–95.4% · 1,032
10–157.7% · 1,471
16–194.4% · 852
20–243.9% · 746
25–349.0% · 1,730
35–4918.6% · 3,577
50–6424.4% · 4,686
65–7413.3% · 2,563
75–847.1% · 1,365
85+2.1% · 400
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.4% · 948
1 car or van39.0% · 3,248
2 cars or vans37.0% · 3,085
3 or more12.6% · 1,051
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright45.3% · 3,774
With mortgage33.8% · 2,815
Shared ownership0.4% · 36
Social rented6.0% · 497
Private rented14.5% · 1,212
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house36.2% · 3,019
Semi-detached house25.6% · 2,134
Terraced house31.6% · 2,633
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 293
Converted house0.7% · 59
Other conversion1.7% · 140
Above shop / office0.6% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016518- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Holme Valley
Council offices in this ward
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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.