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Electoral wardE05011413

Weetwood ward, Leeds

Weetwood is one of 33 electoral wards of Leeds City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 21,876 residents in 9,398 households — 3,212 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency.

Residents, 202121,876council ward average 24,605
Households9,3982.33 residents per household
Density3,212/ km²about 6.81 km² · Leeds 1,472
Aged 65+16.2%Leeds: 15.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 1,149
5–95.3% · 1,160
10–156.2% · 1,350
16–195.7% · 1,254
20–249.0% · 1,960
25–3417.1% · 3,750
35–4919.1% · 4,183
50–6416.1% · 3,526
65–749.1% · 1,981
75–844.8% · 1,043
85+2.4% · 522

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.7% · 2,230
1 car or van44.8% · 4,212
2 cars or vans25.1% · 2,357
3 or more6.4% · 599
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.1% · 2,832
With mortgage30.3% · 2,851
Shared ownership0.4% · 41
Social rented16.1% · 1,513
Private rented22.7% · 2,136
Lives rent free0.3% · 25

Type of home

Detached house12.7% · 1,193
Semi-detached house46.9% · 4,404
Terraced house13.0% · 1,224
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 1,928
Converted house5.3% · 494
Other conversion0.8% · 78
Above shop / office0.8% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011413
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
12 of 33

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.