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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002233

Canterbury

Canterbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,776 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
9,776

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,754

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,321.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.6%

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.

Little Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carPalfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carDeeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no carDewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no carBusk, Oldham9,434 residents · 47.6% owned · 38.1% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Girlington, Bradford8,291 residents · 55.1% owned · 37.3% no carBrown Royd, Bradford7,845 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.1% no carThornbury, Bradford9,674 residents · 59.0% owned · 28.9% no carBarkerend East, Bradford10,842 residents · 53.9% owned · 37.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Canterbury

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

Tenure

Owned49.3%
1,359 households
Social rented26.6%
732 households
Private rented23.8%
655 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced59.6%
1,642 households
Semi-detached29.3%
808 households
Detached5.4%
150 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.6%
128 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.2%
1,191 households
No cars or vans in household38.4%
1,059 households
2 cars or vans in household14.3%
393 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.1%
113 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.9%
1,154 households
4 or more bedrooms26.5%
731 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
712 households
1 bedroom5.8%
160 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.1%
1,879 households
One-person household18.8%
518 households
Other household types13.1%
362 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household18.8%
518 households
2 people in household17.6%
486 households
4 people in household17.2%
474 households
5 people in household16.1%
443 households
3 people in household14.5%
400 households
6 people in household8%
220 households
7 people in household4.7%
130 households
8 or more people in household3.1%
85 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527.8%
2,715 residents
15–2926.1%
2,554 residents
30–4421.9%
2,145 residents
45–6417.7%
1,735 residents
65 and over6.4%
628 residents
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh70%
6,842 residents
White18.1%
1,768 residents
Other ethnic group5%
490 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.7%
365 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
315 residents
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications34.1%
2,328 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.6%
1,268 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
942 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
869 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.7%
868 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.5%
310 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
244 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52%
3,548 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.2%
3,089 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed27.9%
1,905 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.8%
1,150 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.8%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.3%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
271 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations2.9%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
4,564 residents
Good health33.8%
3,308 residents
Fair health13%
1,274 residents
Bad health4.8%
474 residents
Very bad health1.6%
157 residents
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
8,366 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
1,410 residents
Canterbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension39.7%
1,094 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.3%
670 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension24.3%
670 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.8%
298 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.9%
24 households
Canterbury · 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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