Far Headingley & Weetwood

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,941 · 7 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #396 of 6,856 in England
  • #34 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #9 of 107 in Leeds
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,847
Median age (est.)34
Density2,670per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above60%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 20%25–44 32%45–64 20%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 4%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 40% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional40%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 11%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 11%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 34% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Far Headingley & Weetwood is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #396 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (98) but weak on Living environment (25). Typical homes here sold for about £306,758 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 164 sales), 25% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,202 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 96 · #259
Employment 97 · #224
Education 98 · #101
Health 86 · #985
Crime 60 · #2,754
Housing & access 98 · #115
Living environment 25 · #5,139

House prices ?

£306,758median (12m) · -7.0% yr · n=164
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£306,758164-7.0%+7.2%
Detached£657,50018+18.4%+51.3%
Semi-detached£375,00055-7.5%+15.4%
Terraced£298,50036+5.9%+20.7%
Flat£171,00055-5.0%+6.9%
This area£306,758
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)£48,202±£7,109 · #1,412 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,507
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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 690 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,697 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences247
Theft88
Burglary65
Vehicle crime109
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons60
Drugs34
Robbery7
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 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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