Drighlington

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:27

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

45 reported · August 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Vehicle crime6
• Drugs2

Neighbourhood team: Leeds South · West Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

632 reported road collisions (2025)

189 killed or seriously injured · 805 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

247 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (179 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Morley (5.0 km)
• 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,427 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£782 average monthly rent▲ 12.8% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £712
• 3 bed £866

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,300 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (7.8 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

106 charging locations within ~8 km

• 60 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: IKEA Leeds (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

433,216 residents in Kirklees · 1,060/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,249
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,043
• Net moves−1,794

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 85 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 193,280)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

201 schools · 65,248 pupils

142 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 72 of 88 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

179 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

394 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

428 applications decided

88.8% granted · 380 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mark Sewards

Labour

Leeds South West and Morley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 9
• LD 6
• Grn 12
• Ref 26
• Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £100,000 avg

e.g. Private Dentist - Whitehall Dental Care, Drighlington, Digital Sales | E-Learning | Remote, Implant Dentist/Oral Surgeon - Whitehall Dental Care, Drighlington

Source: Adzuna

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,911 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,699 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 31% · Gas 14% · Imports 5%

107 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 57.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in BD11

• Drighlington Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leeds South West and Morley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases355 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND233 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK166 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills126 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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