Keighley South

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,493 · 4 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,545 of 6,856 in England
  • #622 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #45 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,477
Median age (est.)38
Density2,130per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 27%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 11%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 11%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 39% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Keighley South is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,545 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #45 of 63 in Bradford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (66) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here, about £120,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 79 sales), 35% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £27,802 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 121 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 7 · #6,366
Employment 6 · #6,407
Education 6 · #6,449
Health 3 · #6,641
Crime 2 · #6,716
Housing & access 66 · #2,315
Living environment 11 · #6,092

House prices ?

£120,750median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£120,75079+1.5%+47.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£150,00019+11.1%+48.1%
Terraced£115,000530.0%+49.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£120,750
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)£27,802±£3,979 · #6,702 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,982
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

121 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 786 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,481 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences430
Theft93
Burglary50
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons73
Drugs24
Robbery5
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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