Electoral wardE05016523
Netherton & Newsome ward, Kirklees
Netherton & Newsome is one of 23 electoral wards of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,706 residents in 8,065 households — 2,122 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,706council ward average 18,835
Households8,0652.32 residents per household
Density2,122/ km²about 8.82 km² · Kirklees 1,060
Aged 65+17.4%Kirklees: 17.7% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 942
5–94.8% · 902
10–155.7% · 1,068
16–197.0% · 1,304
20–2412.0% · 2,250
25–3413.4% · 2,503
35–4916.6% · 3,111
50–6418.1% · 3,387
65–749.6% · 1,794
75–845.8% · 1,077
85+2.0% · 377
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.8% · 2,725
1 car or van41.4% · 3,342
2 cars or vans19.5% · 1,574
3 or more5.2% · 423
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Kirklees overall: 65.5% owned, 14.8% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright30.0% · 2,421
With mortgage22.3% · 1,801
Shared ownership0.3% · 26
Social rented25.2% · 2,028
Private rented21.9% · 1,765
Lives rent free0.3% · 22
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 1,101
Semi-detached house27.1% · 2,187
Terraced house35.9% · 2,897
Purpose-built flat19.4% · 1,561
Converted house2.1% · 170
Other conversion1.3% · 108
Above shop / office0.5% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016523- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 23
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.