If you are thinking of moving to ******* Heaton or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare ******* Heaton to figures for Kirklees and nationally. These statistics can tell you if ******* Heaton is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
******* Heaton General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for ******* Heaton. The percentage of residents in ******* Heaton rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average.
| Health | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| Very Good | 45.53% | 47.17% |
| Good | 34.97% | 34.22% |
| Fair | 13.74% | 13.12% |
| Bad | 4.50% | 4.25% |
| Very Bad | 1.25% | 1.25% |
******* Heaton Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
******* Heaton has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that ******* Heaton is a relatively affluent area.
| Tenure | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| Owned | 32% | 30.6% |
| Mortgage | 35% | 32.8% |
| Shared | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Social Rented (Council) | 12% | 9.4% |
| Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Private Rented | 14.1% | 15.4% |
| Other | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Rent Free | 1.8% | 1.3% |
******* Heaton Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of ******* Heaton and are from the UK Census of 2011.
| Qualification | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| No Qualifications | 25.4% | 22.5% |
| Level 1 | 13.2% | 13.3% |
| Level 2 | 15% | 15.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| Level 3 | 12.6% | 12.4% |
| Level 4 | 23.9% | 27.4% |
| Other | 5.1% | 5.7% |
******* Heaton Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner.
| Grade | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 19.22% | 22.96% |
| C1 | 29.13% | 30.92% |
| C2 | 21.77% | 20.64% |
| DE | 29.88% | 25.49% |
******* Heaton Age Distribution Statistics
The population of ******* Heaton as a whole, is younger than the national average. The population of ******* Heaton is also older than the average, making ******* Heaton a older persons location.
| Age | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| Age 0 to 4 | 6.7% | 6.3% |
| Age 5 to 9 | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| Age 10 to14 | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Age 15 to 17 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Age 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9.4% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 6.5% | 6.9% |
| Age 30 to 44 | 20.6% | 20.6% |
| Age 45 to 59 | 19.2% | 19.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 6.1% | 6% |
| Age 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 8.6% |
| Age 75 to 84 | 5% | 5.5% |
| Age 85 and over | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Mean Age | 38.4 | 39.3 |
| Median Age | 38 | 39 |
******* Heaton Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of ******* Heaton are from the UK Census of 2011. Since ******* Heaton has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
| Country | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 89.2% | 86.2% |
| Rebublic of Ireland | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Other EU Countries | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Outside the EU | 8.6% | 9.4% |
******* Heaton Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
These figures on the claiming of benefits in ******* Heaton come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They are the last published indiciator of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment firgures as a percentage and has no further plans to do so. That being said, these census statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in ******* Heaton is both higher than the average for and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard.
| Benefit | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|
| Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 15.4% | 13.5% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.
