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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002344

Primley Park & Wigton Moor

Primley Park & Wigton Moor is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,805 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds
7,805

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,457

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,175.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

51.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Heaton Mersey, Stockport7,905 residents · 79.6% owned · 13.8% no carSutton Coldfield South & Central, Birmingham8,473 residents · 72.7% owned · 18.7% no carHarborne West, Birmingham8,534 residents · 72.9% owned · 19.8% no carLode Heath, Solihull10,375 residents · 74.7% owned · 17.1% no carCompton Acres & Lutterell, Rushcliffe9,336 residents · 77.5% owned · 15.7% no carNorthwood Hills, Hillingdon9,521 residents · 64.8% owned · 17.3% no car

Most similar within Leeds

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Moortown, Leeds7,811 residents · 72.8% owned · 17.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Primley Park & Wigton Moor

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned76.1%
2,632 households
Private rented17.7%
612 households
Social rented5%
173 households
Shared ownership1.2%
40 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached37.1%
1,283 households
Detached30.7%
1,061 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.7%
924 households
Terraced3.6%
123 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
50 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,566 households
2 cars or vans in household31.4%
1,085 households
No cars or vans in household15.7%
544 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
264 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.6%
1,231 households
2 bedrooms28.9%
1,000 households
4 or more bedrooms28.3%
978 households
1 bedroom7.2%
250 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.2%
2,116 households
One-person household34.8%
1,203 households
Other household types4%
137 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.8%
1,203 households
2 people in household31.3%
1,081 households
3 people in household15.1%
521 households
4 people in household14%
483 households
5 people in household3.5%
120 households
6 people in household0.9%
31 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
1,394 residents
15–2912.6%
982 residents
30–4421.8%
1,700 residents
45–6425%
1,949 residents
65 and over22.8%
1,781 residents
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64.7%
5,050 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.6%
1,839 residents
Other ethnic group6.1%
474 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
271 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
171 residents
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above51.2%
3,248 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.9%
816 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.8%
814 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.8%
433 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.8%
3,793 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.6%
2,449 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25%
1,585 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,477 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.3%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
321 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.9%
311 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
4,011 residents
Good health32.4%
2,530 residents
Fair health11.9%
925 residents
Bad health3.4%
262 residents
Very bad health1%
77 residents
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
6,646 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,159 residents
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.3%
1,983 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.5%
1,055 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
365 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
49 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Primley Park & Wigton Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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