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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002193

Keighley South

Keighley South is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,475 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
6,475

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,087

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,130

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.8%

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.

Farnworth South, Bolton8,204 residents · 48.6% owned · 36.4% no carHeywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no carRadcliffe, Bury8,617 residents · 36.2% owned · 40.9% no carBank Top, Darlington7,506 residents · 46.4% owned · 39.5% no carCentral Tamworth, Tamworth8,447 residents · 45.6% owned · 34.6% no carMiddleton Town & Rhodes, Rochdale7,210 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Keighley South

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

Tenure

Owned42.8%
1,320 households
Private rented30%
925 households
Social rented26.9%
829 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.1%
1,455 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement24.8%
766 households
Semi-detached20.3%
628 households
Detached4.4%
135 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
43 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
26 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43%
1,328 households
1 car or van in household39.6%
1,222 households
2 cars or vans in household14%
431 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.4%
105 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.4%
1,153 households
2 bedrooms30.8%
950 households
1 bedroom23.2%
716 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
267 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.2%
1,641 households
One-person household41.5%
1,280 households
Other household types5.4%
166 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.5%
1,280 households
2 people in household31%
958 households
3 people in household13.3%
412 households
4 people in household8.6%
267 households
5 people in household3.3%
103 households
6 people in household1.4%
42 households
7 people in household0.5%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
1,281 residents
15–2918.5%
1,200 residents
30–4420.3%
1,317 residents
45–6425.2%
1,632 residents
65 and over16.2%
1,047 residents
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.4%
5,469 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.6%
686 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
211 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
74 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
38 residents
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.5%
1,361 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.8%
1,066 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
876 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
727 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
584 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.4%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54%
2,767 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.5%
2,281 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.1%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.3%
786 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
678 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
675 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.2%
2,665 residents
Good health33.6%
2,176 residents
Fair health17.1%
1,108 residents
Bad health6.1%
393 residents
Very bad health2.1%
133 residents
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.3%
5,007 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.7%
1,468 residents
Keighley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.8%
1,136 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
1,129 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.9%
582 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
230 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Keighley South · 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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