Burley

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,635 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,064 of 6,856 in England
  • #436 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #74 of 107 in Leeds
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,464
Median age (est.)26
Density6,314per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above45%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 39%25–44 37%45–64 11%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 57%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 17%Private rent 57%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 6%Other: 34%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 6%Other 34%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 17% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional17%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 15%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 71%Asian 15%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 21% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 20%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Burley is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,064 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #74 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (75) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here, about £209,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 86 sales), 15% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,735 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 137 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 43 · #3,892
Employment 58 · #2,863
Education 28 · #4,947
Health 23 · #5,270
Crime 9 · #6,264
Housing & access 75 · #1,726
Living environment 1 · #6,812

House prices ?

£209,500median (12m) · -0.2% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£209,50086-0.2%+25.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£235,00013-4.1%+20.5%
Terraced£208,00068-1.1%+25.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£209,500
Leeds£246,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,735±£4,959 · #5,755 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,516
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

137 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,184 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,757 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences404
Theft295
Burglary67
Vehicle crime115
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons130
Drugs31
Robbery31
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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