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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002298

Thornhill

Thornhill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,655 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
6,655

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,859

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

691.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.6%

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.

Eckington East & Renishaw, North East Derbyshire8,309 residents · 55.0% owned · 18.9% no carRastrick West, Calderdale7,986 residents · 67.4% owned · 22.1% no carDodworth, Barnsley5,976 residents · 70.9% owned · 20.1% no carGreat Chell & Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent7,845 residents · 69.6% owned · 19.4% no carWombourne Inner, South Staffordshire7,121 residents · 61.9% owned · 18.5% no carWalsall Wood, Walsall6,402 residents · 64.0% owned · 19.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thornhill

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

Tenure

Owned62.5%
1,786 households
Social rented25.9%
741 households
Private rented11.1%
316 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.8%
1,367 households
Detached28%
801 households
Terraced16.5%
471 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.5%
187 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
1,122 households
2 cars or vans in household27.3%
780 households
No cars or vans in household24%
686 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%
270 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.4%
1,153 households
2 bedrooms29.3%
838 households
4 or more bedrooms18%
514 households
1 bedroom12.3%
352 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.4%
1,897 households
One-person household29.2%
835 households
Other household types4.3%
123 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.7%
1,076 households
1 person in household29.3%
836 households
3 people in household15.1%
430 households
4 people in household11%
313 households
5 people in household5.4%
155 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.6%
1,169 residents
15–2915.9%
1,056 residents
30–4417%
1,134 residents
45–6428.6%
1,904 residents
65 and over20.9%
1,390 residents
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.1%
6,130 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.6%
370 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
112 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
29 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
14 residents
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.3%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.6%
1,278 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
835 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
542 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
2,979 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
2,370 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
68 residents aged 16 and over
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.1%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
887 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
703 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
523 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.6%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
275 residents aged 16 and over
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.1%
2,934 residents
Good health34.2%
2,279 residents
Fair health14.8%
983 residents
Bad health5.5%
367 residents
Very bad health1.4%
95 residents
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.2%
5,334 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.8%
1,321 residents
Thornhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.8%
1,194 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
983 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
497 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
173 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Thornhill · 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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