Kirklees Housing Facts
There are currently 5246 households on the housing register
in Kirklees.
The average house price in Kirklees is £189,316. To buy a
house at this price the household income required would be £23,143 per annum.
With 33% of households in Kirklees earning less than £20,000 you can see that many
of our residents are dependant on rented accommodation, with social housing
being sold off at a discount more and more are dependant on virtually
unregulated private landlords.
25% of private sector housing in Kirklees is classed as
non-decent (32% in the private rented sector).
The last time a proper study was undertaken it concluded
that Kirklees needed 1,700 new houses a year to meet current projected demand
(over 18n years, LDF target, that equates to 30,600 new homes). The assessed need
for “affordable homes” is 1,457 per year. The average number of houses built
over the past 8 years is 1,260 last year the number was 753 and over the same 8
year period the number of “affordable homes was 1,460.
As you will see not a comfortable place to be.
