Riddlesden & East Morton

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,882 · 4 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,075 of 6,856 in England
  • #165 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #9 of 63 in Bradford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,786
Median age (est.)44
Density504per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 1%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 1%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 17%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 80%Asian 17%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 33% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Riddlesden & East Morton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,075 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (74) and lowest on Living environment (30). Typical homes here, about £228,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 127 sales), 23% above the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #280 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £41,818 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 74 · #1,760
Employment 72 · #1,924
Education 62 · #2,596
Health 60 · #2,733
Crime 66 · #2,349
Housing & access 41 · #4,029
Living environment 30 · #4,810

House prices ?

£228,000median (12m) · +3.6% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£228,000127+3.6%+30.3%
Detached£372,50035+3.0%+26.3%
Semi-detached£223,25044-0.3%+37.8%
Terraced£186,50046+11.3%+33.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£228,000
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)£41,818±£5,895 · #2,902 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,295
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 343 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,551 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences169
Theft34
Burglary31
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons32
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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