Kirkstall

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,834 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,461 of 6,856 in England
  • #381 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #67 of 107 in Leeds
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,893
Median age (est.)33
Density4,122per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above47%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 16%25–44 38%45–64 19%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 26%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 37%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 18% · Elementary 10%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional18%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 11%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 74%Asian 11%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 35% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Kirkstall is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,461 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #67 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £248,625 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 92 sales), in line with the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,872 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 134 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 33 · #4,618
Employment 41 · #4,043
Education 45 · #3,741
Health 35 · #4,433
Crime 13 · #5,955
Housing & access 91 · #588
Living environment 11 · #6,099

House prices ?

£248,625median (12m) · +15.6% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£248,62592+15.6%+24.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£267,500390.0%+22.1%
Terraced£227,75038+8.1%+23.3%
Flat£155,00013+5.8%+12.3%
This area£248,625
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)£37,872±£5,403 · #4,088 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,842
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

134 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 917 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,715 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft269
Burglary52
Vehicle crime102
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons74
Drugs24
Robbery34
Other21

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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