Kirkburton

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 10° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:37

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

20 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Shoplifting4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary2

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Rural · West Yorkshire

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

605 reported road collisions (2024)

175 killed or seriously injured · 780 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

92 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stocksmoor (2.3 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,773 average▲ 5.4% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£780 average monthly rent▲ 12.6% YoY

• 1 bed £582
• 2 bed £710
• 3 bed £864

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (9.8 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds5

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 87 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

203 schools · 66,199 pupils

144 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

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

182inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

395 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

• In a conservation area (Kirkburton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

476 applications decided

89.1% granted · 424 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Computer science Tutoring Job in Kirkburton – Flexible Schedule, Become a Computer science Tutor in Kirkburton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% 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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Biomass 36% · Gas 9% · Imports 5%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ossett and Denby Dale:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership315 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership236 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance222 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Kirkburton · 0.1 km

  Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the vil…

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  Kirkburton Hall · 0.8 km

  Kirkburton Hall, formerly known as Kirkburton Town Hall, and before that, as Springfield House, is a former municipal building in Penistone Road in Kirkburton, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which…

• Kirkburton railway station · 0.9 km

  Kirkburton railway station served the village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1930.

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  Myers Wood · 1.0 km

  Myers Wood is a wooded area in the village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of a heavily forested area to the west of the village, occupying the rise in the valley leading up to Storthes Hall and…

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  Highburton · 1.1 km

  Highburton is part of the township of Kirkburton, a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is five miles southeast of Huddersfield. It occupies much of the high ground that can be found at the top of the…

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  Thorncliffe, West Yorkshire · 1.4 km

  Thorncliffe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)