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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002190

Keighley Central & East

Keighley Central & East is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,883 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
11,883

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,262

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,826.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Burnden & Great Lever, Bolton9,845 residents · 42.1% owned · 36.1% no carHay Mills & Tyseley, Birmingham7,725 residents · 48.4% owned · 35.8% no carHanley & Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent8,340 residents · 35.4% owned · 41.8% no carBirkby, Kirklees8,267 residents · 53.1% owned · 34.8% no carWensley Fold, Blackburn with Darwen9,407 residents · 54.1% owned · 31.6% no carOldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Great Horton & Brackenhill, Bradford7,318 residents · 48.1% owned · 39.8% no carKeighley Oakworth Road & West Lane, Bradford9,643 residents · 52.4% owned · 38.2% no carUndercliffe, Bradford10,388 residents · 48.4% owned · 35.8% no carBowling Park, Bradford7,073 residents · 51.9% owned · 37.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Keighley Central & East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned57%
2,430 households
Private rented32.1%
1,370 households
Social rented10.4%
443 households
Shared ownership0.3%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.1%
2,050 households
Semi-detached23.5%
1,001 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.9%
507 households
Detached9.3%
398 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.4%
143 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
99 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
60 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.9%
1,699 households
No cars or vans in household35.5%
1,511 households
2 cars or vans in household18.2%
777 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.4%
274 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms34.5%
1,470 households
2 bedrooms25.4%
1,083 households
4 or more bedrooms25.2%
1,074 households
1 bedroom15%
639 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.6%
2,414 households
One-person household32.9%
1,404 households
Other household types10.5%
448 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.9%
1,402 households
2 people in household24.9%
1,063 households
3 people in household12.9%
551 households
4 people in household10.6%
453 households
5 people in household8.1%
345 households
6 people in household5%
213 households
7 people in household3%
127 households
8 or more people in household2.6%
109 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523%
2,736 residents
15–2921.9%
2,606 residents
30–4421.6%
2,566 residents
45–6420.9%
2,479 residents
65 and over12.6%
1,497 residents
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh49.7%
5,909 residents
White46.6%
5,543 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
187 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
182 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
64 residents
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.5%
2,743 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.7%
1,768 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
1,262 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
268 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.9%
4,755 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.9%
3,939 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.1%
1,712 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16%
1,440 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.4%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
942 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.1%
820 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.9%
5,221 residents
Good health35.3%
4,196 residents
Fair health14.6%
1,734 residents
Bad health4.9%
580 residents
Very bad health1.3%
153 residents
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.1%
9,871 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.9%
2,014 residents
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
1,566 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
1,421 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.9%
936 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.3%
312 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
31 households
Keighley Central & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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