Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006875

Leeds City Centre

Leeds City Centre is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,531 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds

9,531

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,746

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,782.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

19.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Leeds City Centre

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

Tenure

Private rented71%

2,661 households

Owned19.4%

728 households

Social rented8.9%

334 households

Shared ownership0.6%

21 households

Lives rent free0.1%

2 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement80.9%

3,026 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse11.4%

427 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.7%

176 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%

64 households

Terraced0.5%

19 households

Semi-detached0.3%

11 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%

10 households

Detached0.2%

9 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.9%

2,505 households

1 car or van in household28.6%

1,072 households

2 cars or vans in household4%

151 households

3 or more cars or vans in household0.4%

16 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49.1%

1,837 households

1 bedroom45.5%

1,704 households

3 bedrooms2.8%

106 households

4 or more bedrooms2.6%

97 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household57.5%

2,153 households

Single family household30.4%

1,139 households

Other household types12.1%

452 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household57.5%

2,153 households

2 people in household37.4%

1,399 households

3 people in household4%

149 households

4 people in household0.7%

26 households

5 people in household0.4%

15 households

6 people in household0.1%

2 households

7 people in household0%

1 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

8 or more people in household0%

0 households

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 151.4%

136 residents

15–2974.7%

7,118 residents

30–4417.7%

1,684 residents

45–645.4%

512 residents

65 and over0.8%

81 residents

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White65.7%

6,259 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.9%

1,900 residents

Other ethnic group6.8%

652 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%

378 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.6%

341 residents

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.8%

4,675 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications37.1%

3,487 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications4.2%

391 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications3.5%

330 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.9%

268 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.5%

142 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship1.1%

100 residents aged 16 and over

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive47.3%

4,442 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.9%

3,842 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student11.8%

1,108 residents aged 16 and over

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students54.9%

5,160 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%

1,546 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%

1,322 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations4.6%

435 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.3%

215 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.2%

205 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations2.2%

203 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations2%

186 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.3%

121 residents aged 16 and over

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60%

5,722 residents

Good health32.9%

3,140 residents

Fair health5.7%

542 residents

Bad health1%

97 residents

Very bad health0.3%

30 residents

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.5%

8,535 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act10.5%

996 residents

Leeds City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.1%

2,324 households

Household is deprived in one dimension30.9%

1,158 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions5.7%

214 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%

44 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

4 households

Leeds City Centre · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02006875

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Leeds City Centre

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Leeds City Centre

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.