Electoral wardE05011402
Kirkstall ward, Leeds
Kirkstall is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 22,234 residents in 9,847 households — 4,108 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency.
Residents, 202122,234council ward average 24,605
Households9,8472.26 residents per household
Density4,108/ km²about 5.41 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+11.0%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 1,035
5–94.8% · 1,060
10–155.3% · 1,184
16–195.1% · 1,142
20–2415.3% · 3,397
25–3422.4% · 4,969
35–4917.7% · 3,945
50–6413.8% · 3,065
65–746.1% · 1,367
75–843.4% · 758
85+1.4% · 310
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.8% · 3,723
1 car or van42.6% · 4,195
2 cars or vans15.5% · 1,528
3 or more4.1% · 401
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Leeds overall: 57.0% owned, 20.4% social rented, 21.8% private rented.
Owned outright17.8% · 1,749
With mortgage22.0% · 2,167
Shared ownership0.5% · 45
Social rented28.7% · 2,823
Private rented30.8% · 3,034
Lives rent free0.3% · 28
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 425
Semi-detached house36.1% · 3,552
Terraced house33.4% · 3,294
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 1,997
Converted house4.1% · 404
Other conversion1.0% · 94
Above shop / office0.8% · 83
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011402- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 33
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.