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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002241

Buttershaw

Buttershaw is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,219 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
12,219

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,081

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,407.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.8%

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.

Droylsden Central, Tameside9,538 residents · 60.3% owned · 28.4% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no carBrookfield & Holme Slack, Preston10,544 residents · 59.1% owned · 28.6% no carAlverthorpe & Flanshaw, Wakefield10,050 residents · 59.4% owned · 25.0% no carEarlsheaton & Chickenley, Kirklees10,151 residents · 60.6% owned · 25.2% no carAlvaston & Crewton, Derby9,941 residents · 55.9% owned · 29.3% no car

Most similar within Bradford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Eccleshill, Bradford8,133 residents · 57.2% owned · 29.8% no carWyke, Bradford9,627 residents · 62.5% owned · 27.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Buttershaw

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

Tenure

Owned60.5%
3,076 households
Private rented20.4%
1,039 households
Social rented18.7%
949 households
Shared ownership0.2%
9 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached61.1%
3,108 households
Terraced21.6%
1,100 households
Detached9.9%
501 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.2%
313 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
2,241 households
No cars or vans in household27.8%
1,412 households
2 cars or vans in household23.1%
1,172 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5%
255 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.5%
2,771 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
1,216 households
1 bedroom11.1%
562 households
4 or more bedrooms10.5%
534 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.5%
3,228 households
One-person household31.3%
1,593 households
Other household types5.1%
261 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.3%
1,593 households
2 people in household30.7%
1,558 households
3 people in household17.5%
889 households
4 people in household13.2%
670 households
5 people in household4.7%
241 households
6 people in household1.8%
89 households
7 people in household0.5%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.2%
2,714 residents
15–2917.4%
2,120 residents
30–4420.8%
2,539 residents
45–6425%
3,051 residents
65 and over14.7%
1,795 residents
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.3%
10,545 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.1%
872 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
457 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
255 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
88 residents
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.4%
2,379 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.7%
1,932 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,580 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
1,398 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
1,175 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
632 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.5%
5,473 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
3,731 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.8%
1,755 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.8%
1,478 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14%
1,309 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
1,177 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
1,048 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.8%
635 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
568 residents aged 16 and over
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
5,482 residents
Good health33.9%
4,138 residents
Fair health14.4%
1,763 residents
Bad health5.5%
675 residents
Very bad health1.3%
160 residents
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
9,814 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
2,404 residents
Buttershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.2%
2,093 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
1,734 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.5%
887 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.9%
352 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Buttershaw · 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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