Pudsey South West

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,347 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,672 of 6,856 in England
  • #221 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #41 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,168
Median age (est.)41
Density1,958per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 12%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 43% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Pudsey South West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,672 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #41 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (89) and lowest on Crime (35). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 123 sales), 11% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,649 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 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 54 · #3,172
Employment 55 · #3,103
Education 52 · #3,309
Health 53 · #3,193
Crime 35 · #4,461
Housing & access 89 · #773
Living environment 59 · #2,829

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000123+7.3%+27.5%
Detached£330,00022-7.4%+11.9%
Semi-detached£212,00049+14.6%+28.7%
Terraced£218,00045+19.6%+45.3%
Flat£138,00070.0%
This area£220,000
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)£38,649±£5,510 · #3,824 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,911
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 709 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,873 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences273
Theft82
Burglary119
Vehicle crime65
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons47
Drugs13
Robbery11
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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