Undercliffe

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,680 · 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

Residents10,389
Median age (est.)29
Density5,234per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above21%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 27%15–24 17%25–44 28%45–64 19%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 17%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Process & plant 14% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Process & plant14%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 28%Asian: 63%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 28%Asian 63%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 62% · Christian 17% · No religion 13%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Undercliffe 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 (45) and lowest on Living environment (1). Typical homes here, about £115,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 83 sales), 38% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,699 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 108 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 5 · #6,524
Employment 8 · #6,277
Education 2 · #6,723
Health 9 · #6,222
Crime 5 · #6,483
Housing & access 45 · #3,748
Living environment 1 · #6,798

House prices ?

£115,000median (12m) · -1.7% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£115,00083-1.7%+35.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£155,00010+12.3%+78.2%
Terraced£114,50069+4.1%+36.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£115,000
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)£31,699±£4,580 · #6,028 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,773
Price-to-income ?3.6×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 ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,148 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,138 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences609
Theft102
Burglary52
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson83
Public order & weapons100
Drugs76
Robbery16
Other48

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 200 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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