Otley South

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,811 · 5 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,465 of 6,856 in England
  • #113 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #25 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,823
Median age (est.)49
Density872per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above42%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 37%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · 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 South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,465 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Living environment (13). Typical homes here sold for about £276,638 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 114 sales), 12% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,433 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 80 · #1,342
Employment 76 · #1,657
Education 88 · #848
Health 67 · #2,240
Crime 73 · #1,869
Housing & access 92 · #553
Living environment 13 · #5,982

House prices ?

£276,638median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£276,638114-0.5%+23.9%
Detached£535,0009+52.9%+56.2%
Semi-detached£307,50029+2.8%+26.5%
Terraced£267,00061+2.7%+21.4%
Flat£175,00015-3.8%-2.8%
This area£276,638
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)£38,433±£5,452 · #3,889 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,429
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 530 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,391 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences207
Theft126
Burglary34
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons59
Drugs12
Robbery8
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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