Woodlesford & Oulton

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,749 · 5 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,096 of 6,856 in England
  • #167 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #30 of 107 in Leeds
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,774
Median age (est.)44
Density2,155per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 12%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

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

Woodlesford & Oulton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,096 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (67) and lowest on Crime (43). Typical homes here, about £280,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 111 sales), 14% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,349 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 60 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 67 · #2,240
Employment 62 · #2,610
Education 65 · #2,425
Health 58 · #2,891
Crime 43 · #3,885
Housing & access 64 · #2,493
Living environment 65 · #2,397

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000111+3.7%+30.2%
Detached£445,00040-3.3%+34.9%
Semi-detached£250,00044+1.5%+28.2%
Terraced£208,00020-4.8%+28.4%
Flat£245,0007+34.2%+98.0%
This area£280,000
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)£40,349±£5,669 · #3,322 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,749
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 465 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,867 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences224
Theft59
Burglary31
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons48
Drugs21
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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