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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002243

Wyke

Wyke is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,627 residents in Bradford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bradford
9,627

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,182

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,716.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.6%

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.

Breightmet South & Darcy Lever, Bolton9,728 residents · 66.0% owned · 22.0% no carThornaby Village, Stockton-on-Tees5,798 residents · 63.9% owned · 24.8% no carCastleton & Trub, Rochdale10,458 residents · 62.3% owned · 26.4% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no carRose Hill & Burnley Wood, Burnley10,746 residents · 64.7% owned · 27.8% no carFarnley West & Gamble Hill, Leeds6,096 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wyke

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

Tenure

Owned62.5%
2,612 households
Private rented20%
838 households
Social rented17.1%
717 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached49.6%
2,074 households
Terraced30.5%
1,274 households
Detached11.8%
494 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
274 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.8%
1,748 households
No cars or vans in household27.4%
1,146 households
2 cars or vans in household23.7%
989 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
297 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.3%
2,061 households
2 bedrooms27.8%
1,161 households
4 or more bedrooms12.7%
531 households
1 bedroom10.2%
428 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.3%
2,646 households
One-person household32.1%
1,343 households
Other household types4.6%
191 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.7%
1,407 households
1 person in household32.1%
1,343 households
3 people in household15.3%
640 households
4 people in household12.5%
522 households
5 people in household4.5%
189 households
6 people in household1.4%
58 households
7 people in household0.4%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,880 residents
15–2916.3%
1,574 residents
30–4419.7%
1,892 residents
45–6426%
2,502 residents
65 and over18.5%
1,779 residents
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.5%
8,813 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.6%
347 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%
271 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
137 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
62 residents
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.2%
1,770 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.6%
1,722 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,352 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
1,103 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
935 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
583 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
4,322 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
3,184 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,327 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
955 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.4%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.3%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.7%
4,307 residents
Good health33.6%
3,230 residents
Fair health15.2%
1,463 residents
Bad health4.9%
476 residents
Very bad health1.6%
151 residents
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79%
7,607 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21%
2,019 residents
Wyke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.4%
1,691 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,512 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.7%
742 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.3%
220 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Wyke · 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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