Rothwell Inner

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,618 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,378 of 6,856 in England
  • #370 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #63 of 107 in Leeds
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,707
Median age (est.)45
Density3,540per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above26%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 23%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Rothwell Inner is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,378 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #63 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (64) and lowest on Crime (15). Typical homes here sold for about £230,340 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 94 sales), 6% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,402 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 99 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 38 · #4,241
Employment 31 · #4,735
Education 35 · #4,461
Health 37 · #4,317
Crime 15 · #5,811
Housing & access 64 · #2,438
Living environment 63 · #2,534

House prices ?

£230,340median (12m) · -5.4% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,34094-5.4%+18.1%
Detached£288,50016-7.7%+8.9%
Semi-detached£235,34054+1.9%+22.3%
Terraced£200,00023-2.1%+15.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£230,340
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)£35,402±£4,967 · #4,901 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,155
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 657 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,908 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences333
Theft71
Burglary26
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons68
Drugs14
Robbery7
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 130 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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