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Cross Gates & Whinmoor ward, Leeds

Cross Gates & Whinmoor is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 24,843 residents in 10,892 households — 2,424 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds East constituency.

Residents, 202124,843council ward average 24,605
Households10,8922.28 residents per household
Density2,424/ km²about 10.25 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+19.6%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 1,607
5–96.2% · 1,528
10–157.4% · 1,847
16–193.5% · 864
20–244.9% · 1,214
25–3413.9% · 3,442
35–4919.4% · 4,814
50–6418.8% · 4,669
65–7410.7% · 2,666
75–846.4% · 1,597
85+2.4% · 597

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.2% · 2,857
1 car or van43.7% · 4,763
2 cars or vans24.5% · 2,666
3 or more5.6% · 606
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.3% · 3,520
With mortgage34.0% · 3,705
Shared ownership0.3% · 38
Social rented21.0% · 2,283
Private rented12.2% · 1,333
Lives rent free0.1% · 14

Type of home

Detached house15.4% · 1,679
Semi-detached house45.1% · 4,914
Terraced house26.8% · 2,917
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 1,153
Converted house1.4% · 150
Other conversion0.2% · 17
Above shop / office0.6% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.