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Electoral wardE05016521

Liversedge & Gomersal ward, Kirklees

Liversedge & Gomersal is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 21,403 residents in 9,216 households — 1,490 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202121,403council ward average 18,835
Households9,2162.32 residents per household
Density1,490/ km²about 14.36 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+19.6%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 1,150
5–96.4% · 1,366
10–158.1% · 1,731
16–194.2% · 908
20–244.9% · 1,057
25–3411.6% · 2,479
35–4919.0% · 4,064
50–6420.9% · 4,465
65–7410.8% · 2,319
75–846.7% · 1,426
85+2.1% · 442

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 1,796
1 car or van41.9% · 3,858
2 cars or vans29.7% · 2,737
3 or more8.9% · 820
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.

Owned outright32.8% · 3,017
With mortgage32.8% · 3,025
Shared ownership0.3% · 24
Social rented18.1% · 1,670
Private rented15.7% · 1,449
Lives rent free0.3% · 24

Type of home

Detached house23.1% · 2,125
Semi-detached house41.1% · 3,784
Terraced house23.9% · 2,206
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 943
Converted house0.5% · 47
Other conversion0.7% · 64
Above shop / office0.4% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016521
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
13 of 23

All 23 wards of Kirklees

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.