Morley Bruntcliffe & Woodkirk

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,564 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,808 of 6,856 in England
  • #141 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #27 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,310
Median age (est.)40
Density1,026per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 6%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Morley Bruntcliffe & Woodkirk is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,808 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Living environment (38). Typical homes here, about £239,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 132 sales), in line with the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #272 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,772 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 84 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 66 · #2,322
Employment 70 · #2,061
Education 73 · #1,822
Health 55 · #3,055
Crime 45 · #3,775
Housing & access 94 · #396
Living environment 38 · #4,269

House prices ?

£239,500median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£239,500132+4.1%+33.1%
Detached£360,00026+3.4%+16.3%
Semi-detached£243,00049+4.7%+25.9%
Terraced£188,00050-0.3%+32.9%
Flat£156,0007+12.2%+9.5%
This area£239,500
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)£37,772±£5,384 · #4,120 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,584
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 718 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,267 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences339
Theft91
Burglary64
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons78
Drugs21
Robbery7
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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