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2,180 residents make their home in this village in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. 55% of households own their home with no mortgage.
Barwick in Elmet’s strongest subject is jobs & income: the mean household earns £61,941 a year. Health is another plus — men here can expect to live to 82.9, women to 86.6. Buying in is costly: homes sell for a median £335,000, about 6.6 times local household income. Getting around depends on the car: on the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Barwick in Elmet is graded subject by subject only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Barwick in Elmet is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Barwick in Elmet is graded subject by subject only.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Barwick in Elmet does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Barwick in Elmet’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barwick in Elmet.
The median resident of Barwick in Elmet is 54.2 years old. 13% are under 15, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Add to that, the share aged 15 to 24 is 6.5%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Barwick in Elmet | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 32% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
11% rent privately, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Council and housing-body homes hold 5% of households. 82 standard sales inside Barwick in Elmet’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £335,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 43 |
| Semi-detached | £310,000 | 32 |
| Terraced | £242,500 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Barwick in Elmet is St James's University Hospital, 5.3 miles away. Seeing a GP means leaving Barwick in Elmet: the nearest practice is 2.1 miles away. At the census, 5% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than West Yorkshire’s towns (5.7%) and near England’s towns (5.2%).
| Census 2021 | Barwick in Elmet | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences made up 50% of the total. Homes saw 7.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (12.7) and England’s towns (9.4). Barwick in Elmet logged 76 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 2 complaints of anti-social conduct.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 44% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how 87% of commuters got to work at the census, and on top of that 44% of workers worked mainly from home, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (28%) and England’s towns (31%). Among 16 to 64s, 1.7% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. Of the commuters living in Barwick in Elmet, 3% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
13% of homes date from before 1919. Barwick in Elmet counts 5 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade II*. The national list protects one ancient monument in the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Barwick in Elmet. Best known first.
CastleHazlewood Castle4.7 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseBramham Park3.8 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseLotherton Hall4.5 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Barwick in Elmet is a built-up area of 2,180 people, in the Leeds council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barwick in Elmet | 2,180 | — | — | D | B+ | A− |
| Scholes (Leeds) | 2,270 | 1.3 | — | D | A− | A |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 2.2 | — | D | A | A− |
| Thorner | 1,397 | 2.4 | — | D | B+ | A− |
| Garforth | 15,148 | 2.8 | A− | C | B− | B |
| Scarcroft | 1,634 | 3.5 | — | D− | A | A+ |
| Shadwell | 1,452 | 3.6 | — | D− | A− | A+ |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 3.9 | — | C− | D | C |
Scholes (Leeds), Aberford, Thorner, Scarcroft, Shadwell and Micklefield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Against all UK towns, it grades B+.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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