Electoral wardE05011405
Moortown ward, Leeds
Moortown is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 23,797 residents in 9,937 households — 4,265 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds North East constituency.
Residents, 202123,797council ward average 24,605
Households9,9372.39 residents per household
Density4,265/ km²about 5.58 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+17.0%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 1,481
5–96.3% · 1,511
10–156.9% · 1,652
16–193.5% · 832
20–244.2% · 1,003
25–3414.4% · 3,432
35–4922.7% · 5,411
50–6418.6% · 4,437
65–748.9% · 2,120
75–845.4% · 1,279
85+2.7% · 639
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 1,950
1 car or van45.4% · 4,509
2 cars or vans28.5% · 2,835
3 or more6.5% · 643
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Leeds overall: 57.0% owned, 20.4% social rented, 21.8% private rented.
Owned outright32.9% · 3,268
With mortgage35.4% · 3,514
Shared ownership0.3% · 30
Social rented12.9% · 1,281
Private rented18.5% · 1,838
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house13.4% · 1,330
Semi-detached house57.8% · 5,739
Terraced house6.2% · 619
Purpose-built flat18.7% · 1,863
Converted house1.9% · 192
Other conversion1.3% · 134
Above shop / office0.6% · 60
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011405- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Constituency
- Leeds North East
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 6 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.