Editing Shelley, West Yorkshire (section)

== Governance ==
Shelley was a [[chapelry]] in the parish of Kirkburton,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/747|title=History of Shelley, in Kirklees and West Riding|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> and from 1866 it was a civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Kirkburton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10468085|title=Relationships and changes Shelley Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 1566.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10468085/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Shelley Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref>

Shelley had a population of 3,059 according to the 2001 census.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120205043406/http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/statistics/census-by-settlement/KS02settle2003.xls Census statistics]</ref>
It is part of the Kirkburton ward of Kirklees Council.