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Collection 100 - statistics

DEMOGRAPHY

As of the 2001 UK census, the district had a total population of 715,402. Of the 301,614 households in Leeds, 33.3% were married couples living together, 31.6% were one-person households, 9.0% were co-habiting couples and 9.8% were lone parents, following a similar trend to the rest of England. The population density was 1,967 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,094.5/sq mi) and for every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. Of those aged 16–74, 30.9% had no academic qualifications, higher than the 28.9% in all of England. Of the residents, 6.6% were born outside the United Kingdom, lower than the England average of 9.2%.

The majority of people in Leeds identify themselves as Christian. The proportion of Muslims is average for the country. Leeds has the third-largest Jewish community in the United Kingdom, after those of London and Manchester. The areas of Alwoodley and Moortown contain sizeable Jewish populations. 16.8% of Leeds residents in the 2001 census declared themselves as having "no religion", which is broadly in line with the figure for the whole of the UK (also 8.1% "religion not stated").

The crime rate in Leeds is well above the national average, like many other English major cities. In July 2006, the think tank Reform calculated rates of crime for different offences and has related this to populations of major urban areas (defined as towns over 100,000 population). Leeds was 11th in this rating (excluding London boroughs, 23rd including London boroughs). The table below details the population of the current area of the district since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data.

Population growth in City of Leeds since 1801
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Population	94,421	108,459	137,476	183,015	222,189	249,992	311,197	372,402	433,607	503,493	552,479	606,250	625,854	646,119	668,667	692,003	715,260	739,401	696,732	716,760	715,404
% change	–	+14.87	+26.75	+33.13	+21.40	+12.51	+24.48	+19.67	+16.44	+16.12	+9.73	+9.73	+3.23	+3.24	+3.49	+3.49	+3.36	+3.38	−5.77	+2.87	−0.19

ECONOMY

Leeds has a diverse economy with the service sector now dominating over the traditional manufacturing industries. It is the location of one of the largest financial centres in England outside London. New tertiary industries such as retail, call centres, offices and media have contributed to a high rate of economic growth. This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Leeds at current basic prices with figures in millions of British pounds sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	8,713	43	2,652	6,018
2000	11,681	32	2,771	8,878
2003	13,637	36	3,018	10,583

Population
	Value   Total number of people 715402   Detailed breakdown (5 year age bands)    Males 345754      Females 369648      Aged 0 to 15 143091      Aged 16 to 74 520479      Aged 75 and over 51832       Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Change since 1991  8700     259 10 Density           Number of people per hectare 13.0     116 3

		People, Places and Families
		Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Single people (never married) 195155     51 2 Married or re-married people 269687     324 20 Separated or divorced 60561     173 11 Widowed 46908     233 18   Transport (all households) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Households without car/van 103987     45 3 Household with 1 car or van 126673     295 21 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 70954     303 17   Composition (all households) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) One person households 95451     71 3 Married couple households 100587     318 20 Cohabiting couple households 27247     80 4 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 21249     90 5      with non-dependent children only 8340     215 9 All other households 48740     130 6

		Ethnicity and Religion
		Ethnic Group (all people) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) White 657082     303 18    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Pakistani (15064) Indian (12303) -   Place of birth (all people) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Born in UK 667766     260 19 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 12503     173 4 Born outside EU 35133     100 4   Religion (all people) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Christian 492656     307 18 Buddhist 1587     125 2 Hindu 4183     100 3 Jewish 8267     19 1 Muslim 21394     66 5 Sikh 7586     32 1 Other 1530     243 6 No religion 120139     84 3 Religion not stated 58060     79 4

		Health
		(all people) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Limiting long-term illness 128647     181 14 General health 'not good' 70247     113 10 People providing unpaid care 70446     225 16 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 14369     180 14

		Work
		Status (all people aged 16-74) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Employed 306670     264 12 Unemployed 17280     131 13 Long-term unemployed 5191     125 12 Student (economically active) 18756     32 2 Retired 68751     257 19 Student (economically inactive) 36775     38 3 Looking after home/family 28606     335 19 Permanently sick or disabled 27589     149 13 Other inactive 16052     114 11   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Travel to work by car 194500     300 15 Travel to work by public transport 60781     50 2   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Qualifications at degree level or higher 100024     156 6 No qualifications 160778     132 13

		Housing
		(all households) Value   Eng & Wal Rank/376 (proportion) Regional Rank/21 (proportion) Number of households with residents 301614     2 1 Number of people per hectare 13.0     116 3 Average household size 2.34     219 12 Vacant household spaces 10455     137 15 Owner-occupied 187651     332 19 Without central heating 62471     10 4 Without own bath/shower & toilet 2959     24 1 Overcrowding indicator  23440     52 2

CRIME

LEEDS COUNCIL	ENGLISH AVERAGE
Population	761,100	-
Households	335,000	-
Burglary	20.5	11.1
Criminal damage	21.8	17.4
Drug offences	3.8	4.5
Fraud and forgery	2.3	3.1
Offences against vehicles	15.1	11.1
Other offences	1.8	1.3
Other theft offences	23.6	20.0
Robbery	1.9	1.6
Sexual offences	0.9	1.0
Violence against the person	16.4	16.8