Thornbury

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,654 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,613 of 6,856 in England
  • #635 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #47 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,672
Median age (est.)28
Density7,210per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above20%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 27%15–24 18%25–44 29%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 17%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 17%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 39%Lone parent: 18%Other: 19%
One person 17%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 39%Lone parent 18%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 16% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant16%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 16%Asian: 77%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 16%Asian 77%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Muslim 73% · Christian 9% · No religion 8%

Born outside the UK: 34%

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

Thornbury is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,613 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #47 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (33) and lowest on Education (2). Typical homes here, about £136,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 51% in five years (from 35 sales), 26% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,840 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 119 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 2 · #6,682
Employment 8 · #6,291
Education 2 · #6,730
Health 11 · #6,092
Crime 12 · #6,017
Housing & access 33 · #4,618
Living environment 3 · #6,641

House prices ?

£136,000median (12m) · +11.9% yr · n=35
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£136,00035+11.9%+51.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£151,00011+2.0%+43.8%
Terraced£131,50024+9.6%+58.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£136,000
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)£35,840±£5,380 · #4,763 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,762
Price-to-income ?3.8×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

119 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,151 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,437 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences508
Theft225
Burglary43
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson76
Public order & weapons108
Drugs64
Robbery19
Other58

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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