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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002303

Oakes & South Lindley

Oakes & South Lindley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,638 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
6,638

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,912

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,319.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

61.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.4%

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.

Savile Park, Calderdale7,138 residents · 67.4% owned · 23.2% no carOlton & Kineton Green, Solihull6,691 residents · 65.3% owned · 21.1% no carStourbridge Town & Old Quarter, Dudley8,168 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.0% no carPudsey South East, Leeds7,535 residents · 62.9% owned · 23.5% no carStretford East, Trafford8,356 residents · 61.6% owned · 28.5% no carCotteridge, Birmingham6,780 residents · 55.0% owned · 32.3% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Longwood & Quarmby, Kirklees6,781 residents · 67.7% owned · 19.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oakes & South Lindley

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

Tenure

Owned61.5%
1,790 households
Private rented27.4%
797 households
Social rented10.6%
309 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced35.7%
1,041 households
Semi-detached29.4%
856 households
Detached16.4%
477 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.8%
374 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.6%
75 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
23 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
1,293 households
No cars or vans in household25.8%
752 households
2 cars or vans in household23.1%
673 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.7%
196 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%
1,077 households
2 bedrooms31%
903 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
551 households
1 bedroom13.1%
382 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.5%
1,761 households
One-person household35.8%
1,042 households
Other household types3.8%
110 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.8%
1,042 households
2 people in household32.3%
940 households
3 people in household14.1%
412 households
4 people in household11.8%
344 households
5 people in household3.9%
113 households
6 people in household1.5%
44 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.1%
1,199 residents
15–2916.2%
1,076 residents
30–4420.4%
1,357 residents
45–6426.5%
1,758 residents
65 and over18.8%
1,248 residents
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.9%
4,840 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17%
1,127 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.8%
320 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
197 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
154 residents
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.4%
2,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
885 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.4%
877 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
458 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
304 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
3,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
2,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,142 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.5%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
517 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.5%
3,022 residents
Good health35.1%
2,330 residents
Fair health13.5%
896 residents
Bad health4.4%
289 residents
Very bad health1.5%
101 residents
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.8%
5,361 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.2%
1,277 residents
Oakes & South Lindley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.5%
1,470 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
914 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
414 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
113 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Oakes & South Lindley · 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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