Meanwood South & Sugarwell

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,353 · 4 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,126 of 6,856 in England
  • #555 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #85 of 107 in Leeds
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,422
Median age (est.)36
Density3,588per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above33%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 48%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 48%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 20%Other: 11%
One person 35%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 20%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 14%Black: 17%Mixed: 9%Other: 4%
White 56%Asian 14%Black 17%Mixed 9%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 34% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Meanwood South & Sugarwell is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,126 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #85 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (77) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here, about £276,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 64 sales), 12% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,975 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 118 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 8 · #6,291
Employment 8 · #6,291
Education 20 · #5,489
Health 13 · #5,962
Crime 5 · #6,510
Housing & access 77 · #1,602
Living environment 34 · #4,550

House prices ?

£276,000median (12m) · -16.2% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£276,00064-16.2%+37.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£323,87540-3.6%+47.2%
Terraced£260,50020+0.2%+48.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£276,000
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)£31,975±£4,617 · #5,957 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,592
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

118 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 753 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,416 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences346
Theft154
Burglary22
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons59
Drugs22
Robbery8
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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