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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002326

Shelley & Shepley

Shelley & Shepley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,012 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
6,012

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,470

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

446.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.8%

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.

Strensall, York6,946 residents · 79.8% owned · 9.1% no carBrough, East Riding of Yorkshire13,521 residents · 79.1% owned · 8.4% no carEllenbrook & Boothstown, Salford10,908 residents · 85.4% owned · 9.2% no carPen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire6,439 residents · 85.9% owned · 6.3% no carWestoning, Harlington & Silsoe, Central Bedfordshire10,507 residents · 79.6% owned · 6.3% no carCheddington, Pitstone & Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire10,802 residents · 79.4% owned · 6.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shelley & Shepley

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

Tenure

Owned84.7%
2,091 households
Private rented10.6%
262 households
Social rented4%
98 households
Shared ownership0.6%
15 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43%
1,062 households
Semi-detached32.1%
794 households
Terraced23.6%
584 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.5%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.2%
1,018 households
1 car or van in household35.1%
867 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.4%
380 households
No cars or vans in household8.3%
205 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.1%
1,041 households
4 or more bedrooms38.6%
953 households
2 bedrooms16.7%
412 households
1 bedroom2.6%
64 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.4%
1,841 households
One-person household22.5%
556 households
Other household types3.1%
76 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39%
963 households
1 person in household22.5%
556 households
3 people in household17.7%
436 households
4 people in household16.1%
398 households
5 people in household3.7%
92 households
6 people in household0.6%
16 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,038 residents
15–2913.7%
826 residents
30–4416.6%
1,000 residents
45–6430.2%
1,814 residents
65 and over22.2%
1,335 residents
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%
5,806 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
93 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
68 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
29 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
18 residents
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.8%
2,045 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
865 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
608 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.1%
591 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.7%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61%
2,982 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.1%
1,817 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,247 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
971 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
616 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.5%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
281 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
228 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.1%
199 residents aged 16 and over
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54%
3,251 residents
Good health33.1%
1,990 residents
Fair health9.6%
580 residents
Bad health2.4%
143 residents
Very bad health0.8%
51 residents
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
5,226 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
786 residents
Shelley & Shepley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.6%
1,547 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.1%
695 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
193 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Shelley & Shepley · 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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