Methley

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,800 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,103 of 6,856 in England
  • #268 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #48 of 107 in Leeds
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,652
Median age (est.)43
Density694per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 13%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Methley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,103 of 6,856 in England, and #48 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (63) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £225,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 118 sales), 9% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #827 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,147 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 63 · #2,562
Employment 59 · #2,829
Education 53 · #3,240
Health 40 · #4,125
Crime 43 · #3,933
Housing & access 30 · #4,817
Living environment 52 · #3,323

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +15.4% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000118+15.4%+2.3%
Detached£410,00030+19.7%+25.6%
Semi-detached£236,25046+12.5%+28.6%
Terraced£170,00039+3.7%+14.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£225,000
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)£38,147±£5,387 · #3,989 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,692
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 439 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,583 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft37
Burglary34
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons26
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 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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