Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:34 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 25 min8:21 am – 3:46 pm
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People9,987 residentsin the University & Little Woodhouse census areaMedian age 21.92,771 households8% of homes owner-occupied4% owned outright25% social rented, 67% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting25.1% unemployment rate38% of adults are economically active, 2,688 in work, 2% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 16%, education 15%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 27% go by car, 13% take public transport, 26% walk or cycle75% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages35% of adults hold a degree or higher6% have no qualifications, 1% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 78%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C666 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October31 days of air frost, 12 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWoodhouse Moorpark · under a mile · 22 haRosebank Millennium Greenpark · under a mile · 2 haWoodhouse Squarepark · under a mileGotts Parkgolf course · 1.2 mi · 37 haWortley Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 mi · 13 haGryphon Sports Centresports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes147 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197214 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202511 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 18 · PM2.5 8.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband79% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,178 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation32 m105 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 26 to 93 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLeeds Dental Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryOp Acute - Bcss Inpatient Unit62 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPrime Health Pharmacy35 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistClarendon Dental Spaunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi53 schools35 primary, 6 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 independent, 7 special, 1 sixth form, 2 otherPrimaryRosebank Primary Schoolages 2-11, 345 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHoly Family Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 241 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryLeeds City Academyages 11-16, 1,009 pupils1.2 miCollegeLuminate Education Groupunder a mileUniversityUniversity of Leedsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA5.9 miRailway stationLeedsunder a mileBus stationDyer StreetLeeds City Centre1.3 miBus stops183 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LS3 postcode district.
