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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002194

Keighley Exley Head

Keighley Exley Head is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,479 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
7,479

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,194

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,951.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.7%

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.

Quarry Bank, Dudley8,738 residents · 68.8% owned · 18.6% no carScawthorpe, Doncaster7,748 residents · 70.1% owned · 21.5% no carAshton-in-Makerfield North, Wigan7,830 residents · 66.6% owned · 21.5% no carKimberworth, Rotherham8,580 residents · 70.6% owned · 20.5% no carChaddesden Park, Derby9,030 residents · 69.7% owned · 21.8% no carAston, Rotherham8,928 residents · 68.6% owned · 20.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Keighley Exley Head

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

Tenure

Owned65.8%
2,103 households
Social rented19.5%
623 households
Private rented13.6%
434 households
Shared ownership0.6%
18 households
Lives rent free0.5%
16 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached55.2%
1,762 households
Terraced23.2%
740 households
Detached14.4%
461 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
212 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,343 households
No cars or vans in household26.5%
846 households
2 cars or vans in household24.6%
787 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
218 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.9%
1,787 households
2 bedrooms21.4%
684 households
4 or more bedrooms12.2%
389 households
1 bedroom10.5%
334 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.1%
2,145 households
One-person household28.7%
917 households
Other household types4.2%
133 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,171 households
1 person in household28.7%
916 households
3 people in household15.9%
509 households
4 people in household12.5%
398 households
5 people in household4.4%
139 households
6 people in household1.3%
41 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
1,469 residents
15–2916.8%
1,258 residents
30–4417%
1,273 residents
45–6427.3%
2,038 residents
65 and over19.2%
1,438 residents
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.5%
6,845 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.5%
410 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
166 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
32 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
27 residents
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.1%
1,366 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.7%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,092 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
941 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
649 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.4%
497 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.4%
3,335 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42%
2,484 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.1%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
976 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
722 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.4%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.1%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.9%
3,283 residents
Good health35.4%
2,645 residents
Fair health15.3%
1,143 residents
Bad health4.2%
311 residents
Very bad health1.3%
97 residents
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
6,063 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,414 residents
Keighley Exley Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45%
1,439 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
1,091 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.6%
497 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
162 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Keighley Exley Head · 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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