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Greenhead

Ward

Central Kirklees. About 25,265 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 86% of people in Greenhead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
23,228
77th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
86%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Greenhead compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GreenheadMiddle
Population23 wards, Kirklees · 2021
Population: every ward in Kirklees23 areas from 16,628 to 23,228. The middle area is 18,815. Greenhead is 23,228.
23,228most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Kirklees · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Kirklees23 areas from 5.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Greenhead is 86.0%.
86%6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Kirklees · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Kirklees23 areas from 79.9% to 98.9%. The middle area is 96.7%. Greenhead is 98.1%.
98.1%6th highest
Claimant rate23 wards, Kirklees · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Kirklees23 areas from 1.8% to 8.5%. The middle area is 4.4%. Greenhead is 6.4%.
6.4%5th highest

Is Greenhead safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Greenhead at a rate of 100.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 98.4 per 1,000 people across Kirklees.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 197 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Greenhead.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,099), other crime (541) and anti-social behaviour (209).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Kirklees

These figures are published for the whole of Kirklees, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kirklees and not Greenhead alone. See Kirklees

Average house price
£208,427
Up 5.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,867
90th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.8
Joint 69th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Greenhead in brief

Greenhead had 23,228 usual residents at the census.

About 86% of people in Greenhead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Greenhead, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Greenhead, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.