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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002327

Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West

Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,065 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
10,065

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,252

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

429.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.1%

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.

Middleton & Hurworth, Darlington9,369 residents · 79.3% owned · 9.6% no carRolleston-on-Dove & Tutbury, East Staffordshire10,440 residents · 79.7% owned · 11.2% no carAckworth & Darrington, Wakefield11,478 residents · 78.3% owned · 10.1% no carPill & Easton, North Somerset6,386 residents · 74.9% owned · 11.1% no carBurwell, East Cambridgeshire6,407 residents · 76.2% owned · 10.4% no carHaslington & Weston, Cheshire East10,148 residents · 80.9% owned · 7.4% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Honley & Brockholes, Kirklees8,221 residents · 78.1% owned · 15.4% no carUpperthong & Holmbridge, Kirklees7,018 residents · 80.0% owned · 12.0% no carHolmfirth, New Mill & Hepworth, Kirklees12,199 residents · 78.4% owned · 11.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West

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

Tenure

Owned80%
3,400 households
Private rented14%
597 households
Social rented5.7%
242 households
Shared ownership0.2%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.8%
1,819 households
Semi-detached29.5%
1,253 households
Terraced24.5%
1,040 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2%
85 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.3%
1,627 households
1 car or van in household38.1%
1,620 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.6%
580 households
No cars or vans in household10%
426 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.6%
1,683 households
4 or more bedrooms31.5%
1,340 households
2 bedrooms25%
1,063 households
1 bedroom3.9%
166 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.5%
3,039 households
One-person household25.5%
1,083 households
Other household types3%
129 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.2%
1,708 households
1 person in household25.5%
1,083 households
3 people in household15.8%
672 households
4 people in household14.1%
601 households
5 people in household3.4%
145 households
6 people in household0.9%
40 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,630 residents
15–2913.6%
1,365 residents
30–4416.1%
1,623 residents
45–6430.4%
3,062 residents
65 and over23.7%
2,387 residents
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
9,775 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
173 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
74 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
24 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
19 residents
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.1%
3,087 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,387 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16%
1,332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
634 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
158 residents aged 16 and over
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
4,846 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.3%
3,358 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
2,107 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,352 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
993 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
964 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.5%
877 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
411 residents aged 16 and over
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
5,008 residents
Good health33.8%
3,406 residents
Fair health12%
1,211 residents
Bad health3.4%
341 residents
Very bad health1%
99 residents
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.2%
8,377 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.8%
1,688 residents
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.2%
2,433 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
1,326 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.6%
410 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
80 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West · 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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