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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002287

Dewsbury Central & Westborough

Dewsbury Central & Westborough is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,261 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
7,261

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,757

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,838.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

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.

New Dock & Eve Hill, Dudley8,373 residents · 39.1% owned · 39.0% no carBurnden & Great Lever, Bolton9,845 residents · 42.1% owned · 36.1% no carWakefield Central, Wakefield9,191 residents · 36.4% owned · 42.8% no carDixons Green, Dudley8,312 residents · 49.1% owned · 28.2% no carAcocks Green East, Birmingham11,959 residents · 52.4% owned · 31.7% no carKeighley Central & East, Bradford11,883 residents · 57.0% owned · 35.5% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Batley Central, Kirklees6,864 residents · 36.3% owned · 36.1% no carPaddock & Greenhead, Kirklees6,826 residents · 48.7% owned · 37.4% no carBirkby, Kirklees8,267 residents · 53.1% owned · 34.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dewsbury Central & Westborough

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

Tenure

Owned45.7%
1,260 households
Private rented32.3%
891 households
Social rented21%
580 households
Lives rent free0.7%
20 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29%
799 households
Terraced28.7%
790 households
Semi-detached16.1%
444 households
Detached13.1%
362 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse7.1%
195 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
115 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,159 households
No cars or vans in household33%
909 households
2 cars or vans in household17.7%
487 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.4%
203 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms27.3%
753 households
1 bedroom26.8%
739 households
3 bedrooms26.1%
720 households
4 or more bedrooms19.8%
545 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53%
1,463 households
One-person household38.7%
1,066 households
Other household types8.3%
229 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.7%
1,066 households
2 people in household21.8%
600 households
3 people in household12.1%
335 households
4 people in household11.2%
310 households
5 people in household7.5%
206 households
6 people in household5.1%
142 households
8 or more people in household1.8%
50 households
7 people in household1.8%
49 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
1,527 residents
15–2922.1%
1,607 residents
30–4423.2%
1,683 residents
45–6422.3%
1,620 residents
65 and over11.3%
824 residents
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55.7%
4,048 residents
White38%
2,757 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
219 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
136 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
101 residents
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.5%
1,604 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,513 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
815 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
719 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
554 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.8%
3,082 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.1%
2,423 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.1%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.7%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.5%
812 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
575 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.2%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.8%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.9%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
221 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,298 residents
Good health34.1%
2,479 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,026 residents
Bad health4.8%
350 residents
Very bad health1.5%
108 residents
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
5,981 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,277 residents
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.9%
1,045 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
946 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.9%
548 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.4%
205 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
14 households
Dewsbury Central & Westborough · 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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