Electoral wardE05016519
Kirkburton ward, Kirklees
Kirkburton is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,632 residents in 6,789 households — 363 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,632council ward average 18,835
Households6,7892.45 residents per household
Density363/ km²about 45.81 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+21.8%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 742
5–95.5% · 908
10–157.3% · 1,218
16–196.4% · 1,065
20–245.2% · 872
25–349.2% · 1,522
35–4918.5% · 3,069
50–6421.7% · 3,610
65–7412.5% · 2,079
75–847.2% · 1,205
85+2.0% · 336
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.8% · 731
1 car or van37.3% · 2,532
2 cars or vans38.1% · 2,587
3 or more13.9% · 942
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright43.2% · 2,932
With mortgage36.5% · 2,477
Shared ownership0.8% · 52
Social rented7.3% · 496
Private rented12.2% · 828
Lives rent free0.1% · 8
Type of home
Detached house41.3% · 2,803
Semi-detached house30.2% · 2,054
Terraced house24.6% · 1,673
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 115
Converted house0.5% · 32
Other conversion0.8% · 57
Above shop / office0.5% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016519- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Kirkburton
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.