Garforth West

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,319 · 4 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,917 of 6,856 in England
  • #150 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #29 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,301
Median age (est.)46
Density2,609per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above30%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 12%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · 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

Garforth West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,917 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (92) and lowest on Living environment (40). Typical homes here, about £252,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 90 sales), in line with the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,801 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 68 · #2,171
Employment 66 · #2,315
Education 68 · #2,192
Health 51 · #3,350
Crime 49 · #3,501
Housing & access 92 · #512
Living environment 40 · #4,077

House prices ?

£252,500median (12m) · +10.5% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£252,50090+10.5%+27.5%
Detached£402,50012+18.0%+18.4%
Semi-detached£255,00048+2.0%+23.8%
Terraced£214,50023+20.8%+31.2%
Flat£140,0007-7.6%+9.4%
This area£252,500
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)£37,801±£5,380 · #4,110 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,683
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 443 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,535 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences186
Theft81
Burglary34
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons37
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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