Electoral wardE05016522
Mirfield ward, Kirklees
Mirfield is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 19,772 residents in 8,766 households — 1,461 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202119,772council ward average 18,835
Households8,7662.26 residents per household
Density1,461/ km²about 13.53 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+24.2%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 948
5–95.4% · 1,075
10–157.0% · 1,385
16–194.0% · 790
20–244.6% · 904
25–3411.1% · 2,186
35–4918.1% · 3,573
50–6420.9% · 4,131
65–7412.3% · 2,439
75–848.7% · 1,729
85+3.1% · 617
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.5% · 1,534
1 car or van42.5% · 3,720
2 cars or vans30.8% · 2,703
3 or more9.2% · 805
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright40.6% · 3,562
With mortgage33.3% · 2,922
Shared ownership0.3% · 24
Social rented11.2% · 984
Private rented14.4% · 1,259
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house27.7% · 2,426
Semi-detached house39.9% · 3,502
Terraced house21.8% · 1,908
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 699
Converted house0.6% · 52
Other conversion1.4% · 123
Above shop / office0.6% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016522- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Mirfield
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.