Lawnswood & Ireland Wood

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,657 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,885 of 6,856 in England
  • #332 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #57 of 107 in Leeds
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,523
Median age (est.)41
Density2,741per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above40%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 24%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 8%
White 76%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 35% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Lawnswood & Ireland Wood is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,885 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #57 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (74) and lowest on Crime (31). Typical homes here sold for about £263,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 101 sales), 7% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,781 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 100 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.

Income 34 · #4,522
Employment 35 · #4,461
Education 56 · #2,987
Health 50 · #3,460
Crime 31 · #4,742
Housing & access 74 · #1,815
Living environment 61 · #2,678

House prices ?

£263,500median (12m) · -11.4% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£263,500101-11.4%+5.4%
Detached£365,00016-6.0%+26.3%
Semi-detached£265,000590.0%0.0%
Terraced£272,50012-7.6%+18.5%
Flat£156,25014+5.6%+25.0%
This area£263,500
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)£39,781±£5,665 · #3,484 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,043
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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 664 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,925 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences307
Theft47
Burglary66
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons87
Drugs22
Robbery7
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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