Rothwell Outer

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,504 · 5 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,836 of 6,856 in England
  • #234 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #42 of 107 in Leeds
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,523
Median age (est.)42
Density512per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%

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 50% · 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 Outer is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,836 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (62) and lowest on Crime (29). Typical homes here sold for about £236,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 150 sales), in line with the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #775 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,342 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 82 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 60 · #2,740
Employment 56 · #3,049
Education 54 · #3,179
Health 52 · #3,302
Crime 29 · #4,879
Housing & access 62 · #2,637
Living environment 54 · #3,138

House prices ?

£236,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£236,000150-8.7%+17.1%
Detached£450,00039+20.0%+46.8%
Semi-detached£226,25056-4.1%+7.1%
Terraced£210,00048+8.4%+28.0%
Flat£160,0007+0.6%+25.0%
This area£236,000
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)£39,342±£5,643 · #3,622 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,591
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

82 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 702 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,198 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences293
Theft54
Burglary76
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons97
Drugs11
Robbery4
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 96 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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