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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002373

Headingley

Headingley is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,507 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds
8,507

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,940

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,826.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.2%

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.

Cathays North, Cardiff9,568 residents · 27.9% owned · 32.0% no carFallowfield Central, Manchester11,275 residents · 25.8% owned · 40.3% no carNorth Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne9,505 residents · 37.8% owned · 27.0% no carLadybarn, Manchester9,729 residents · 30.8% owned · 39.6% no carWavertree South, Liverpool10,802 residents · 31.1% owned · 43.7% no carLenton & Dunkirk, Nottingham10,990 residents · 18.3% owned · 41.8% no car

Most similar within Leeds

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hyde Park Corner & Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds13,634 residents · 19.2% owned · 43.4% no carHyde Park, Leeds8,131 residents · 11.3% owned · 43.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Headingley

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

Tenure

Private rented68.4%
2,011 households
Owned20.3%
598 households
Social rented10.6%
312 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.2%
1,064 households
Semi-detached26.8%
788 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.8%
465 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits15.8%
464 households
Detached2.7%
79 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
48 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
28 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household35.3%
1,037 households
No cars or vans in household34.8%
1,023 households
2 cars or vans in household18.3%
538 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.6%
341 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms46%
1,350 households
3 bedrooms19.4%
570 households
2 bedrooms19.3%
567 households
1 bedroom15.3%
450 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Other household types48.7%
1,429 households
One-person household28.7%
842 households
Single family household22.5%
661 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.7%
842 households
2 people in household23.4%
687 households
3 people in household14.8%
434 households
4 people in household14.4%
424 households
5 people in household9.2%
271 households
6 people in household5.7%
166 households
7 people in household2.3%
69 households
8 or more people in household1.5%
45 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 154.1%
350 residents
15–2975.1%
6,390 residents
30–449.2%
779 residents
45–646.5%
555 residents
65 and over5.1%
433 residents
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.1%
7,152 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%
584 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
415 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
239 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
118 residents
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications46.1%
3,752 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above40.2%
3,273 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.2%
426 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications4.2%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.3%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.1%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications0.8%
67 residents aged 16 and over
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive44.2%
3,600 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)33.6%
2,742 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student22.2%
1,811 residents aged 16 and over
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students57.1%
4,651 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.7%
951 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
671 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.1%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.4%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.4%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.2%
261 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.9%
236 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.1%
4,690 residents
Good health34.4%
2,924 residents
Fair health8.2%
695 residents
Bad health1.9%
162 residents
Very bad health0.4%
36 residents
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
7,247 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,260 residents
Headingley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.2%
1,445 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
1,069 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.5%
338 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.7%
80 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Headingley · 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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