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Burmantofts & Richmond Hill ward, Leeds

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 28,528 residents in 12,377 households — 3,261 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds South constituency.

Residents, 202128,528council ward average 24,605
Households12,3772.3 residents per household
Density3,261/ km²about 8.75 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+9.2%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 23.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.3% · 2,355
5–97.4% · 2,120
10–158.2% · 2,345
16–195.9% · 1,674
20–248.3% · 2,358
25–3417.6% · 5,035
35–4919.8% · 5,654
50–6415.2% · 4,348
65–745.5% · 1,555
75–842.7% · 775
85+1.1% · 308

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van52.0% · 6,438
1 car or van38.6% · 4,777
2 cars or vans7.9% · 980
3 or more1.5% · 182
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Leeds overall: 57.0% owned, 20.4% social rented, 21.8% private rented.

Owned outright12.7% · 1,570
With mortgage13.3% · 1,649
Shared ownership0.8% · 95
Social rented43.4% · 5,373
Private rented29.3% · 3,627
Lives rent free0.5% · 61

Type of home

Detached house3.7% · 464
Semi-detached house19.0% · 2,354
Terraced house37.4% · 4,630
Purpose-built flat36.4% · 4,506
Converted house1.7% · 216
Other conversion0.9% · 117
Above shop / office0.6% · 76
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 14
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.