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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002352

Moortown

Moortown is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,811 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds
7,811

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,215

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,832.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.6%

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 carKnighton, Leicester7,324 residents · 78.6% owned · 13.3% no carEpsom North, Epsom and Ewell10,249 residents · 65.8% owned · 18.9% no carHitchin Highbury, North Hertfordshire7,868 residents · 74.3% owned · 14.3% no carOxhey, Watford7,179 residents · 66.4% owned · 16.8% no car

Most similar within Leeds

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Primley Park & Wigton Moor, Leeds7,805 residents · 76.1% owned · 15.7% no carGledhow, Leeds6,069 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Moortown

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

Tenure

Owned72.8%
2,340 households
Private rented23.1%
743 households
Social rented3.8%
123 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56%
1,802 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.3%
718 households
Detached13.9%
447 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
135 households
Terraced1.6%
53 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,433 households
2 cars or vans in household31.1%
1,000 households
No cars or vans in household17.3%
555 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
228 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.2%
1,067 households
4 or more bedrooms32.8%
1,056 households
2 bedrooms24.6%
792 households
1 bedroom9.4%
301 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.4%
2,006 households
One-person household30.8%
991 households
Other household types6.8%
219 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.5%
1,014 households
1 person in household30.9%
993 households
3 people in household15.6%
501 households
4 people in household14.6%
470 households
5 people in household4.5%
144 households
6 people in household1.7%
54 households
7 people in household0.7%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,403 residents
15–2914.5%
1,134 residents
30–4423.8%
1,857 residents
45–6424.6%
1,917 residents
65 and over19.2%
1,497 residents
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.1%
5,475 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.1%
1,569 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
282 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
254 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%
230 residents
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.6%
3,329 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.5%
790 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.4%
783 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.8%
618 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
440 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
219 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
3,959 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.7%
2,256 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
106 residents aged 16 and over
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.9%
1,638 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,480 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
733 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.6%
481 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
402 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
4,125 residents
Good health32.7%
2,551 residents
Fair health10.9%
850 residents
Bad health2.7%
211 residents
Very bad health0.9%
74 residents
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
6,688 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
1,123 residents
Moortown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.6%
1,886 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.2%
971 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%
313 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
44 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Moortown · 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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