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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002294

Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees

Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,136 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
11,136

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,174

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,236.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.3%

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.

Little Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carBastwell, Blackburn with Darwen8,020 residents · 66.2% owned · 23.4% no carThornbury, Bradford9,674 residents · 59.0% owned · 28.9% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no carSpringfield & Hall Green West, Birmingham11,118 residents · 67.1% owned · 24.2% no carCoppice, Oldham8,486 residents · 67.0% owned · 21.3% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Dewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no carBatley Carr & Mount Pleasant, Kirklees7,176 residents · 62.8% owned · 26.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees

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

Tenure

Owned65.2%
2,070 households
Social rented17.1%
543 households
Private rented17%
540 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.6%
1,384 households
Semi-detached31.5%
1,000 households
Detached12.7%
404 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.8%
344 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.7%
1,322 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
808 households
No cars or vans in household22.4%
711 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.5%
333 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.4%
1,123 households
4 or more bedrooms29.6%
941 households
2 bedrooms24.4%
775 households
1 bedroom10.6%
335 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65%
2,065 households
One-person household20.1%
640 households
Other household types14.9%
473 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household21.6%
687 households
1 person in household20.1%
639 households
5 people in household15.3%
487 households
4 people in household15%
475 households
3 people in household12.7%
402 households
6 people in household7.6%
241 households
7 people in household4.1%
130 households
8 or more people in household3.6%
113 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.4%
2,493 residents
15–2925%
2,787 residents
30–4420.3%
2,259 residents
45–6421.3%
2,370 residents
65 and over11%
1,223 residents
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh77.7%
8,646 residents
White18.1%
2,017 residents
Other ethnic group2.2%
246 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
177 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
48 residents
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.6%
2,655 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.3%
1,792 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,248 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,237 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
941 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.9%
4,115 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.3%
4,066 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed23.2%
1,951 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.9%
1,170 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.5%
1,051 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
908 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
888 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.6%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.7%
5,307 residents
Good health34.5%
3,846 residents
Fair health12%
1,339 residents
Bad health4.3%
483 residents
Very bad health1.4%
161 residents
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
9,476 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,660 residents
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
1,132 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
1,056 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.7%
722 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.9%
251 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees · 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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