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Electoral wardE05012648

Farnley & Wortley ward, Leeds

Farnley & Wortley is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 25,002 residents in 11,069 households — 2,018 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds South West and Morley constituency.

Residents, 202125,002council ward average 24,605
Households11,0692.26 residents per household
Density2,018/ km²about 12.39 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+16.1%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 1,468
5–96.4% · 1,603
10–157.5% · 1,865
16–194.1% · 1,013
20–245.1% · 1,286
25–3415.2% · 3,808
35–4919.8% · 4,957
50–6419.9% · 4,972
65–748.9% · 2,225
75–845.1% · 1,266
85+2.2% · 539

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.0% · 3,208
1 car or van43.7% · 4,842
2 cars or vans21.5% · 2,385
3 or more5.7% · 634
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.2% · 3,121
With mortgage31.9% · 3,537
Shared ownership0.6% · 67
Social rented23.5% · 2,600
Private rented15.5% · 1,714
Lives rent free0.3% · 33

Type of home

Detached house11.2% · 1,241
Semi-detached house41.1% · 4,548
Terraced house29.8% · 3,303
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 1,695
Converted house1.1% · 125
Other conversion0.6% · 71
Above shop / office0.5% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 32
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012648
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
19 of 33

Council offices in this ward

Other wards in the same constituency

All 33 wards of Leeds

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.