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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002223

Brown Royd

Brown Royd is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,845 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
7,845

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,275

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,804.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.0%

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.

Deeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no carWardleworth & Newbold Brow, Rochdale10,362 residents · 49.2% owned · 33.3% no carNelson West, Pendle9,518 residents · 57.3% owned · 31.0% no carPalfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carBusk, Oldham9,434 residents · 47.6% owned · 38.1% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Girlington, Bradford8,291 residents · 55.1% owned · 37.3% no carBarkerend East, Bradford10,842 residents · 53.9% owned · 37.7% no carCanterbury, Bradford9,776 residents · 49.3% owned · 38.4% no carUndercliffe, Bradford10,388 residents · 48.4% owned · 35.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brown Royd

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

Tenure

Owned46%
1,046 households
Private rented38.8%
882 households
Social rented14.8%
337 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced52.3%
1,189 households
Semi-detached24.3%
553 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.9%
317 households
Detached5.4%
123 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
50 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
952 households
No cars or vans in household38.1%
866 households
2 cars or vans in household15%
341 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5%
113 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms31.5%
716 households
3 bedrooms30.5%
694 households
2 bedrooms26.5%
602 households
1 bedroom11.5%
262 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.7%
1,405 households
One-person household23%
524 households
Other household types15.2%
347 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household23.1%
524 households
2 people in household18.8%
426 households
4 people in household13.8%
314 households
3 people in household13.7%
310 households
5 people in household13.3%
303 households
6 people in household8.3%
188 households
8 or more people in household4.6%
104 households
7 people in household4.4%
101 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527%
2,115 residents
15–2925%
1,958 residents
30–4423.3%
1,827 residents
45–6417.3%
1,361 residents
65 and over7.5%
586 residents
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh73.1%
5,734 residents
White15.9%
1,246 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
444 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.3%
256 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
166 residents
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications34.9%
1,951 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20%
1,119 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
723 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
677 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.1%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.2%
234 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.7%
2,833 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46%
2,570 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed27.9%
1,559 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
948 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.5%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.5%
417 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
222 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.3%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,562 residents
Good health33.7%
2,648 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,073 residents
Bad health5.6%
442 residents
Very bad health1.6%
122 residents
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
6,632 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,215 residents
Brown Royd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
816 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions27.5%
625 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension25.3%
576 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.5%
239 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
18 households
Brown Royd · 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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