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Electoral wardE05011547

Horsforth ward, Leeds

Horsforth is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 24,310 residents in 10,095 households — 2,068 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds North West constituency.

Residents, 202124,310council ward average 24,605
Households10,0952.41 residents per household
Density2,068/ km²about 11.76 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+18.5%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 1,448
5–96.9% · 1,682
10–157.3% · 1,773
16–194.8% · 1,179
20–244.8% · 1,177
25–3413.4% · 3,246
35–4921.5% · 5,230
50–6416.7% · 4,066
65–749.3% · 2,249
75–846.5% · 1,576
85+2.8% · 684

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.4% · 1,654
1 car or van44.9% · 4,528
2 cars or vans31.7% · 3,204
3 or more7.0% · 709
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.5% · 3,581
With mortgage38.3% · 3,867
Shared ownership0.5% · 55
Social rented11.1% · 1,120
Private rented14.5% · 1,464
Lives rent free0.1% · 10

Type of home

Detached house21.4% · 2,164
Semi-detached house42.6% · 4,301
Terraced house20.2% · 2,040
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 1,235
Converted house1.4% · 141
Other conversion1.3% · 134
Above shop / office0.8% · 79
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011547
Constituency
Leeds North West
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
18 of 33

Parishes in the ward

HorsforthRawdon

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.