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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002220

Thornbury

Thornbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,674 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
9,674

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,612

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,210.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.4%

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.

Ward End & Bromford West, Birmingham12,993 residents · 60.8% owned · 26.3% no carDewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees, Kirklees11,136 residents · 65.2% owned · 22.4% no carCoppice, Oldham8,486 residents · 67.0% owned · 21.3% no carBastwell, Blackburn with Darwen8,020 residents · 66.2% owned · 23.4% no carLittle Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carGreet & Mid Sparkhill, Birmingham8,307 residents · 55.8% owned · 31.6% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Girlington, Bradford8,291 residents · 55.1% owned · 37.3% no carCanterbury, Bradford9,776 residents · 49.3% owned · 38.4% no carChellow Heights, Bradford9,588 residents · 56.9% owned · 24.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thornbury

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

Tenure

Owned59%
1,542 households
Private rented23.7%
618 households
Social rented17%
443 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Shared ownership0.2%
4 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46.2%
1,206 households
Semi-detached42.7%
1,116 households
Detached5.1%
134 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.6%
121 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
16 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,133 households
No cars or vans in household28.9%
754 households
2 cars or vans in household19.9%
520 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
204 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.8%
1,223 households
4 or more bedrooms34.3%
895 households
2 bedrooms14.3%
373 households
1 bedroom4.6%
120 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.2%
1,755 households
One-person household17.2%
450 households
Other household types15.5%
406 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household17.2%
449 households
2 people in household16.7%
437 households
5 people in household16%
418 households
4 people in household15.9%
416 households
3 people in household15.8%
413 households
6 people in household8.7%
227 households
7 people in household4.8%
126 households
8 or more people in household4.8%
124 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527.4%
2,654 residents
15–2925%
2,416 residents
30–4421.5%
2,075 residents
45–6419%
1,834 residents
65 and over7.2%
693 residents
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh76.9%
7,439 residents
White16.1%
1,562 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
283 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
230 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
159 residents
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications33.2%
2,261 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.4%
1,388 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.5%
921 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4%
272 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.6%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.8%
3,327 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.2%
3,285 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed25.1%
1,710 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.2%
1,036 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.7%
933 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.2%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.7%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.3%
4,476 residents
Good health35%
3,390 residents
Fair health12.5%
1,208 residents
Bad health4.8%
464 residents
Very bad health1.4%
136 residents
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
8,270 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
1,404 residents
Thornbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
903 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.6%
877 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.6%
615 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%
201 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
15 households
Thornbury · 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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