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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002285

Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown

Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,978 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
7,978

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,372

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

981.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields, Bolton6,303 residents · 77.0% owned · 13.9% no carColeshill & Water Orton, North Warwickshire10,378 residents · 74.5% owned · 14.2% no carAnstey, Charnwood7,697 residents · 74.3% owned · 14.5% no carMidsomer Norton North, Bath and North East Somerset6,216 residents · 78.6% owned · 12.6% no carOssett North, Wakefield9,081 residents · 69.1% owned · 17.5% no carShepshed West, Charnwood7,922 residents · 73.9% owned · 13.0% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Gomersal, Kirklees6,862 residents · 74.0% owned · 14.6% no carScapegoat Hill, Outlane & West Golcar, Kirklees6,210 residents · 80.0% owned · 14.7% no carNorthorpe & Crossley, Kirklees6,292 residents · 80.6% owned · 14.8% no carScholes & Hunsworth, Kirklees6,580 residents · 72.6% owned · 14.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned78.2%
2,636 households
Private rented14.7%
494 households
Social rented6.9%
233 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.5%
1,197 households
Detached29.3%
990 households
Terraced26.6%
898 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
222 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
22 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.9%
1,312 households
2 cars or vans in household35%
1,180 households
No cars or vans in household15.3%
516 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.8%
364 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.7%
1,508 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
803 households
4 or more bedrooms22.8%
769 households
1 bedroom8.7%
292 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.5%
2,278 households
One-person household28.4%
959 households
Other household types4.1%
137 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.7%
1,203 households
1 person in household28.5%
960 households
3 people in household16.5%
557 households
4 people in household14.1%
476 households
5 people in household3.8%
129 households
6 people in household1.1%
37 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,353 residents
15–2914.9%
1,186 residents
30–4417.7%
1,409 residents
45–6428.7%
2,294 residents
65 and over21.8%
1,739 residents
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.2%
7,281 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.5%
519 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
129 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
36 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.2%
1,904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.1%
1,247 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
652 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
500 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
3,863 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.3%
2,565 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.6%
1,411 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
874 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
814 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
813 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
695 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.1%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
425 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
324 residents aged 16 and over
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
3,800 residents
Good health35%
2,788 residents
Fair health12.9%
1,027 residents
Bad health3.7%
296 residents
Very bad health0.8%
65 residents
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.4%
6,653 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.6%
1,325 residents
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.8%
1,747 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,122 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.3%
416 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
81 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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