Shipley Town

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,648 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,359 of 6,856 in England
  • #461 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #27 of 63 in Bradford
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,488
Median age (est.)39
Density2,873per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above40%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 17%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 10%Other: 10%
One person 46%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 10%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant5%

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 47% · Christian 36% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Shipley Town is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,359 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 63 in Bradford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 109 sales), in line with the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,242 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 193 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,282
Employment 27 · #4,989
Education 30 · #4,810
Health 12 · #5,996
Crime 10 · #6,147
Housing & access 96 · #245
Living environment 5 · #6,503

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +11.8% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,000109+11.8%+17.5%
Detached£322,0006-5.3%
Semi-detached£260,00029+16.9%+16.9%
Terraced£214,50044+11.3%+32.6%
Flat£112,50030+18.4%+12.5%
This area£190,000
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)£36,242±£5,154 · #4,628 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,557
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

193 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,479 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,159 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences620
Theft331
Burglary83
Vehicle crime65
Criminal damage & arson106
Public order & weapons177
Drugs45
Robbery18
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 177 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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