Cottingley, Harden & Wilsden

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,500 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,308 of 6,856 in England
  • #187 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #10 of 63 in Bradford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,426
Median age (est.)48
Density1,076per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 8%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 8%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 37% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Cottingley, Harden & Wilsden is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,308 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (71) and lowest on Living environment (47). Typical homes here sold for about £229,950 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 201 sales), 24% above the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,420 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 66 · #2,329
Employment 67 · #2,274
Education 71 · #2,013
Health 48 · #3,549
Crime 56 · #2,980
Housing & access 48 · #3,535
Living environment 47 · #3,618

House prices ?

£229,950median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=201
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£229,950201+7.0%+19.5%
Detached£370,25050+0.1%+21.4%
Semi-detached£220,00085+1.0%+18.9%
Terraced£185,00062+23.3%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£229,950
Bradford£185,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,420±£5,687 · #3,300 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,469
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 638 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,518 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences309
Theft47
Burglary55
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons56
Drugs28
Robbery1
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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