Drighlington & Gildersome West

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,672 · 5 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,500 of 6,856 in England
  • #207 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #38 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,669
Median age (est.)46
Density1,439per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Drighlington & Gildersome West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,500 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (71) and lowest on Crime (38). Typical homes here, about £269,995 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 183 sales), 10% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,131 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,582
Employment 54 · #3,179
Education 61 · #2,678
Health 52 · #3,275
Crime 38 · #4,221
Housing & access 71 · #1,965
Living environment 57 · #2,932

House prices ?

£269,995median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=183
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£269,995183+2.1%+35.0%
Detached£385,000530.0%+19.6%
Semi-detached£260,00093+4.0%+28.4%
Terraced£198,75032+1.9%+45.3%
Flat£130,0005-10.3%+8.3%
This area£269,995
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)£39,131±£5,524 · #3,678 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,847
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 772 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,506 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences301
Theft183
Burglary53
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons78
Drugs17
Robbery8
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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