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Hunslet & Riverside ward, Leeds

Hunslet & Riverside is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 26,474 residents in 11,866 households — 2,988 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds South constituency.

Residents, 202126,474council ward average 24,605
Households11,8662.23 residents per household
Density2,988/ km²about 8.86 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+7.0%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 1,628
5–96.4% · 1,703
10–157.2% · 1,900
16–195.2% · 1,373
20–2410.6% · 2,794
25–3425.4% · 6,723
35–4920.4% · 5,392
50–6411.7% · 3,100
65–743.8% · 1,018
75–842.1% · 567
85+1.0% · 277

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van53.6% · 6,355
1 car or van36.2% · 4,295
2 cars or vans8.5% · 1,006
3 or more1.8% · 210
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright10.5% · 1,245
With mortgage15.3% · 1,812
Shared ownership0.4% · 52
Social rented23.6% · 2,797
Private rented50.0% · 5,927
Lives rent free0.3% · 32

Type of home

Detached house3.5% · 418
Semi-detached house8.2% · 971
Terraced house31.5% · 3,732
Purpose-built flat46.9% · 5,564
Converted house4.6% · 547
Other conversion4.1% · 481
Above shop / office1.1% · 136
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 17
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.