New Farnley & Lower Wortley

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,438 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,398 of 6,856 in England
  • #296 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #54 of 107 in Leeds
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,231
Median age (est.)39
Density1,469per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 11%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

New Farnley & Lower Wortley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,398 of 6,856 in England, and #54 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (82) and lowest on Living environment (30). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 103 sales), 15% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #887 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,900 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 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 52 · #3,323
Employment 50 · #3,405
Education 44 · #3,809
Health 60 · #2,726
Crime 31 · #4,701
Housing & access 82 · #1,198
Living environment 30 · #4,776

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +20.0% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000103+20.0%+39.1%
Detached£304,50018-21.4%+34.7%
Semi-detached£215,00037+7.0%+33.5%
Terraced£183,00035+10.9%+36.6%
Flat£100,00013-2.0%+6.4%
This area£210,000
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)£35,900±£5,089 · #4,734 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,793
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

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

Rank #4,819 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences352
Theft126
Burglary54
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons60
Drugs16
Robbery7
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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