Electoral wardE05016520
Lindley ward, Kirklees
Lindley is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 20,148 residents in 8,733 households — 2,269 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202120,148council ward average 18,835
Households8,7332.31 residents per household
Density2,269/ km²about 8.88 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+20.5%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 1,128
5–96.0% · 1,213
10–157.2% · 1,450
16–193.9% · 776
20–244.5% · 902
25–3412.4% · 2,501
35–4919.8% · 3,985
50–6420.2% · 4,059
65–7410.3% · 2,083
75–846.7% · 1,358
85+3.4% · 680
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.7% · 1,633
1 car or van42.1% · 3,676
2 cars or vans30.8% · 2,692
3 or more8.4% · 729
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 3,393
With mortgage34.2% · 2,985
Shared ownership0.6% · 56
Social rented8.0% · 695
Private rented18.2% · 1,592
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house25.7% · 2,246
Semi-detached house37.2% · 3,249
Terraced house24.0% · 2,094
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 930
Converted house0.9% · 75
Other conversion1.0% · 86
Above shop / office0.6% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016520- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 23
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 12 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.