Housing in LS21 1JS
What the homes in LS21 1JS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Otley South
- Council
- Leeds
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,367 (2024)
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What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (45%). Flats make up 20.4%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
61% of households in the LS21 1JS area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 17.1% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 38.6% own outright and 22.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned61%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.1%1%
- Private rented17.1%20.5%
- Social rented21.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 43% 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 66 or over (26.9%). 17.3% 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 LS21 1JS (Otley South) (about 1,367 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.