Silsden

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,171 · 3 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,747 of 6,856 in England
  • #226 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #11 of 63 in Bradford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,225
Median age (est.)45
Density2,797per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 37%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Silsden is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,747 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (68) and lowest on Living environment (23). Typical homes here sold for about £207,294 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 107 sales), 12% above the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #400 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,925 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 68 · #2,219
Employment 68 · #2,205
Education 61 · #2,644
Health 45 · #3,775
Crime 58 · #2,898
Housing & access 40 · #4,104
Living environment 23 · #5,263

House prices ?

£207,294median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,294107+6.3%+21.9%
Detached£288,75016-22.0%-1.1%
Semi-detached£230,00023-9.2%+27.8%
Terraced£181,25062+0.7%+20.8%
Flat£136,2506+26.7%+60.3%
This area£207,294
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)£35,925±£5,122 · #4,728 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,636
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 363 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,548 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences202
Theft38
Burglary21
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons32
Drugs7
Robbery3
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 60 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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