Armley is a predominantly and historically working class area, including many rows of back-to-back terrace houses. It is traditionally a strong Labour area, although current Labour policies, voter apathy and the creeping gentrification from Headingley (via Burley) is being to erode the landslide-style victories of yesteryear.
Armley Town Street includes a couple of high street names and charity shops as well as independent retailers typically of a suburban high street.
Other features of Armley include Armley (Gott's) Park, Armley Jail (HMP Leeds), Gott's Park Golf Club and Armley Mills Museum.
As a place to live, Armley is both good and bad - it is convenient (for Leeds city centre, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax and motorway links) and cheaper than most of Leeds but in parts, is also typical of most run down inner-city areas.
