Country England District City of Leeds | Sovereign state United Kingdom | |
Councillors Kim Groves Labour Party
Judith Blake Labour Party
Paul Truswell Labour Party | ||
Middleton Park is a ward of the Metropolitan District of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and includes the areas of Middleton and Belle Isle.
Demography
In 2010 the ward had 27487 inhabitants of which 52.2% were female and 47.8% male and 21.5% were aged 15 or under compared with an England average of 18.7%. Life Expectancy for males and females is more than three years less than the rest of Leeds. In 2001, most residents, 96.3%, identified as White British with 71.6% identifying as Christian and over 18% having no religion. Most houses are in the Council Tax Bands A and B. In April 2012, 1493 people were claiming Jobseekers allowance which at 8.3% was nearly double the Leeds' average. While all recorded crime was below the Leeds' average, criminal damage was substantially higher and nearly twice the England average.