Housing in LS2 8FT
What the homes in LS2 8FT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Leeds City Centre
- Council
- Leeds
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 5,946 (2024)
LS2 8FTLeeds
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (67.9%). Flats make up 97.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
13.3% of households in the LS2 8FT area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 68.5% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 3.9% own outright and 9.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned13.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented68.5%20.5%
- Social rented17.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.4 people living in it. 67.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (66.8%). 1.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Leeds
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Leeds (August 2026, +4.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around LS2 8FT (Leeds City Centre) (about 5,946 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.