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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002239

Bierley & Tong

Bierley & Tong is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,866 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
10,866

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,338

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

886.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.5%

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.

Alverthorpe & Flanshaw, Wakefield10,050 residents · 59.4% owned · 25.0% no carPodsmead & Linden, Gloucester9,145 residents · 61.2% owned · 22.1% no carLower Irlam & Cadishead, Salford10,557 residents · 60.1% owned · 22.0% no carShell Corner & Hurst Green, Dudley8,896 residents · 66.8% owned · 19.9% no carMiddleton Town Street, Leeds8,039 residents · 62.7% owned · 26.7% no carWednesfield Town, Wolverhampton7,579 residents · 68.3% owned · 20.6% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Buttershaw, Bradford12,219 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bierley & Tong

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

Tenure

Owned59.1%
2,564 households
Private rented23.8%
1,031 households
Social rented16.7%
724 households
Shared ownership0.4%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48%
2,080 households
Terraced23.6%
1,023 households
Detached21.2%
920 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.4%
192 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
53 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
48 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
6 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,883 households
No cars or vans in household24.6%
1,066 households
2 cars or vans in household24.3%
1,056 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%
335 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.6%
2,154 households
2 bedrooms25.7%
1,116 households
4 or more bedrooms16.8%
730 households
1 bedroom7.9%
341 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.7%
2,765 households
One-person household30.1%
1,307 households
Other household types6.2%
268 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.2%
1,309 households
2 people in household28.8%
1,251 households
3 people in household17.7%
770 households
4 people in household13.8%
598 households
5 people in household6.5%
283 households
6 people in household2.2%
96 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.5%
2,441 residents
15–2917.4%
1,896 residents
30–4421.7%
2,363 residents
45–6425.4%
2,762 residents
65 and over12.9%
1,405 residents
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White76%
8,249 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.9%
1,617 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
438 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
381 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
176 residents
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.8%
2,140 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24.5%
2,029 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
1,242 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,178 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
952 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
481 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.4%
5,084 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37%
3,061 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.6%
1,619 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,334 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.9%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
967 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.9%
650 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.1%
5,113 residents
Good health34.1%
3,709 residents
Fair health12.7%
1,382 residents
Bad health4.7%
512 residents
Very bad health1.4%
150 residents
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
9,013 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,853 residents
Bierley & Tong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44%
1,910 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,454 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.2%
702 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
267 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Bierley & Tong · 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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