Headingley
Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,659 · 5 LSOAs
Postcode LS6
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #2,329 of 6,856 in England
- #189 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
- #34 of 107 in Leeds
- Less deprived (top 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 23% · Sales & customer service 17% · Elementary 16%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 23% |
| Sales & customer service | 17% |
| Elementary | 16% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Caring & leisure | 8% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 6% |
| Skilled trades | 4% |
| Process & plant | 2% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 59% · Christian 24% · Muslim 4%
Born outside the UK: 13%
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
Headingley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,329 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £323,750 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 28 sales), 32% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,620 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £323,750 | 28 | +32.7% | +24.5% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | £335,500 | 16 | +19.0% | +18.6% |
| Terraced | £314,750 | 10 | +25.9% | +19.2% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=2) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #1,793 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #5,168 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 277 |
| Theft | 189 |
| Burglary | 93 |
| Vehicle crime | 165 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 81 |
| Public order & weapons | 69 |
| Drugs | 27 |
| Robbery | 22 |
| Other | 17 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
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