Otley North

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,504 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,356 of 6,856 in England
  • #193 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #36 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,535
Median age (est.)46
Density2,243per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 19%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Otley North is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,356 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (72) and lowest on Employment (53). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 68 sales), 32% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,234 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 59 · #2,795
Employment 53 · #3,199
Education 56 · #3,042
Health 69 · #2,123
Crime 55 · #3,062
Housing & access 60 · #2,713
Living environment 72 · #1,890

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +19.0% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00068+19.0%+14.6%
Detached£470,00015+7.3%+10.6%
Semi-detached£292,50026+11.2%+27.2%
Terraced£315,00023+14.4%0.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£325,000
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)£39,234±£5,508 · #3,643 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,674
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 323 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,091 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences171
Theft13
Burglary31
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons22
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 26 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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