Electoral wardE05013830
Garforth & Swillington ward, Leeds
Garforth & Swillington is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 20,882 residents in 8,961 households — 726 people per km², the 31st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds East constituency.
Residents, 202120,882council ward average 24,605
Households8,9612.33 residents per household
Density726/ km²about 28.76 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+24.8%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 1,007
5–95.2% · 1,082
10–157.0% · 1,454
16–194.0% · 839
20–244.5% · 948
25–3411.1% · 2,316
35–4918.1% · 3,790
50–6420.4% · 4,266
65–7412.2% · 2,546
75–849.4% · 1,953
85+3.3% · 681
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.1% · 1,536
1 car or van43.9% · 3,930
2 cars or vans30.4% · 2,726
3 or more8.6% · 769
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Leeds overall: 57.0% owned, 20.4% social rented, 21.8% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 3,813
With mortgage34.7% · 3,110
Shared ownership0.5% · 41
Social rented11.1% · 997
Private rented11.0% · 984
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house22.3% · 1,997
Semi-detached house57.4% · 5,141
Terraced house12.8% · 1,151
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 528
Converted house0.3% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 16
Above shop / office0.5% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 57
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013830- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Constituency
- Leeds East
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 29 of 33
Parishes in the ward
AusthorpeGreat and Little PrestonSturton GrangeSwillington
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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.