Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees
Kirklees 024 · 6 sub-areas · 11,147 residents
Kirklees 024 is a residential neighbourhood within Kirklees, Yorkshire, home to around 11,100 people. A typical two-bedroom home lets for about £691 a month — well under half the UK national median for a 2-bed — making it one of the more affordable corners of West Yorkshire. Rents rose around 10.5% in the past year, so the affordability window is narrowing.
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees is a commuter neighbourhood within Kirklees — train into Leeds runs in around 35 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Overview
What's it like to live in Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees?
Day-to-day life sits close to greenery — a park or playing field is within easy walking distance of most addresses; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £759 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees in Kirklees
Living in Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees
This part of Kirklees sits firmly in the affordable end of the West Yorkshire rental market. The streets lean residential rather than commercial, with a demographic that skews young — over a quarter of residents are under 18, and another quarter are in the 18–34 bracket — which gives the area an everyday, family-oriented feel rather than a student or professional quarter.
The cost picture is the headline draw. A two-bedroom home at around £691 a month is well below what you'd pay in Leeds or Manchester, and a deposit is achievable in roughly 2.6 years on a typical local salary. The trade-off is that salaries here are modest too — the median resident earns around £30,200 a year, and jobs based in the area pay slightly less at around £28,800 — so affordability is real but not dramatic once you factor in earnings.
Owner-occupation dominates: nearly two in three households own their home, which reflects the area's settled, family character. Private renters make up under a fifth of households, and social housing accounts for around another sixth. The degree-qualification rate sits at around 21%, which is below the national graduate share, and the area scores in the lower deprivation deciles — an IMD score of 35.4 puts it among the more deprived neighbourhoods nationally, something worth weighing alongside the low rents.
Practically, the nearest rail station is roughly 1.4 km away — about a 17-minute walk — and most residents drive: over 61% commute by car. Public transport takes around 57 minutes to Manchester and just under 34 minutes to the nearest major employment hub. Working from home is relatively common at nearly 18% of residents. See the streets and sub-areas below for more on how the neighbourhood breaks down locally.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kirklees 024 a nice place to live?
- It depends on your priorities. The rents are genuinely low — a two-bedroom home runs about £691 a month — and there's plenty of green space within walking distance. The trade-off is that the area scores in the lower deprivation deciles nationally and school quality within catchment is below average. For families on a budget who own a car, it can work well.
- What is the rent in Kirklees 024?
- A one-bedroom home runs around £566 a month, a two-bedroom around £691, and a three-bedroom around £839. These are estimates scaled from Kirklees-wide ONS data using local sale prices. Rents rose about 10.5% in the past year, so expect upward pressure if you're signing a new tenancy.
- Is Kirklees 024 safe?
- The crime rate sits at around 73 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is below the UK national average of roughly 80. That's a relatively reassuring position for a neighbourhood of this size and deprivation level, though conditions vary street by street as in any area.
- What's the commute from Kirklees 024 to Manchester?
- By public transport, Manchester is around 57 minutes away. Most residents drive rather than use public transit — only about 5% commute by public transport — and the nearest rail station is roughly 1.4 km from the neighbourhood, about a 17-minute walk.
- Who lives in Kirklees 024?
- Mostly younger families — over a quarter of residents are under 18, and the area skews significantly younger than Kirklees as a whole. Around two-thirds of households own their home. It's a settled, family-oriented community with a moderately diverse ethnic mix and a workforce that's largely in practical rather than graduate-level occupations.
- What schools are near Kirklees 024?
- There are 78 schools within 2 km, so there's no shortage of options nearby. The quality picture is more mixed: around 31.5% of those schools within typical catchment distance are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, well below the national share of around 89%. The nearest Outstanding school is about 3.8 km away.
- How affordable is buying a home in Kirklees 024?
- More achievable than most of England. The median sale price is around £158,800, and a buyer on a typical local salary would need roughly 2.6 years of earnings to save a standard deposit — one of the more accessible timelines in West Yorkshire.