Demographics of Bradford

Bradford, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. The City of Bradford metropolitan borough is the sixth most populous local authority district in the United Kingdom, and includes the towns and villages of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden, Queensbury, Thornton and Denholme.

Built-up area The Office for National Statistics identifies "Bradford Built-up area subdivision", defined by its own algorithm, as an area of with a 2011 population of 349,561 and a density of 4,280 people per square km. It is a subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area.

Population

The City of Bradford's total population, in the 2011 UK census, was 522,452. The population density was 1,428 people per square km.

Ethnicity

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 censuses in the City of Bradford.

Bradford has had a significant Pakistani population since post war migration began, making up around 25.5% of the population in the 2021 census. This increase in Pakistanis has generally provided the majority of the growth of the multi-ethnic group of Asian British people within Bradford. Around 63.9% of the population identify as White British. The black population of Bradford is small, making up 1.8% of the overall population.

Ethnic GroupYear1961 estimations1964 estimations1971 estimations1981 estimations1991 censusData is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total––––421,35194.2%404,50087%386,02584.4%366,04178.27%352,31767.44%334,00461.1% White: British–––––– – – – – 355,684 76.06% 333,628 63.86%309,91256.7% White: Irish–––––– – –4,7591.04% 3,479 0.74% 2,541 0.49%2,1390.4% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census–––––– – – – – – – 433 0.08%8490.2%White: Roma–––––– – – – – – – – –1,5830.3% White: Other–––––– – – – – 6,878 1.47% 15,715 3.01%19,5213.6%Asian or Asian British: Total––––––48,80010.5%62,96313.79%89,29319.09%140,14926.83%175,66432.1% Asian or Asian British: Indian––––7,7481.7%12,9002.8%11,7132.56% 12,504 2.67% 13,555 2.59%14,4292.6% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani7,0001.6%10,000–––33,6007.2%45,2809.9% 67,994 14.54% 106,614 20.41%139,55325.5% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––1,500–––2,3000.5%3,653 0.79% 4,967 1.06% 9,863 1.89%12,4032.3% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.–––––– – –720 0.15% 896 0.19% 2,086 0.40%1,3450.2% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian –––––– – –1,597 0.34% 2,932 0.63% 8,031 1.54%7,9341.5%Black or Black British: Total––––––6,2001.3%5,3361.16%4,3330.93%9,2671.77%10,9782% Black or Black British: African–––––– – –610 0.13% 970 0.21% 4,993 0.96%7,0611.3% Black or Black British: Caribbean–––––– – –3,3230.72% 3,038 0.65% 3,581 0.69%2,6140.5% Black or Black British: Other Black–––––– – –1,403 0.3% 325 0.07% 693 0.13%1,3030.2%Mixed: Total––––––––––6,9371.48%12,9792.48%15,0062.7% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––––– – – – – 2,611 0.56% 4,663 0.89%4,4260.8% Mixed: White and Black African –––––– – – – – 449 0.10% 875 0.17%1,1960.2% Mixed: White and Asian –––––– – – – – 2,926 0.63% 5,677 1.09%6,4581.2% Mixed: Other Mixed –––––– – – – – 951 0.20% 1,764 0.34%2,9260.5%Other: Total––––––5,3501.2%3,0200.66%1,0610.23%7,7401.48%10,7602% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census–––––– – – – – – – 3,714 0.71%2,7340.5% Other: Any other ethnic group ––––––5,3501.2%3,0200.66% 1,061 0.23% 4,026 0.77%8,0261.5%Ethnic minority: Total––––26,1955.8%60,35013%71,31915.6%101,62421.7%170,13532.6%212,40838.9%Total447,546100%––451,753100%464,850100%457,344100%467,665100%522,452100%546,412100%

Notes for table above

Ethnicity of school pupils

The ethnicity of school pupils within Bradford has been in flux, with the native White British population declining from a majority of 61.7% in 2004 to a minority of 40.1% of the total school pupil population. This shift has turned Bradford's schools into a majority-minority state, where there are no overall majorities. Asian British school children have risen from 33.1% of the school pupil population to a stagnate 42.7% in 2022, having declined the previous two years from 43.1% in 2020.

The largest group within this multi-ethnic amalgamation is British Pakistanis at 36.4% of the total school population. Black British school pupils have risen slightly from 1% to 1.9% with the majority of growth coming from Black Africans. Other groups such as Other ethnicities, Other Whites and Mixed people have also increased as well. Ethnic groupSchool year1967197119982004200820122015/162019/202021/2022Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total–93.3%–89.5%52,32569.3%45,93062.6%41,38056%39,32051.1%40,97848.7%46,89646.3%46,15745.5%White: British––––––45,30061.7%40,02754.2%36,88547.9%36,62943.6%41,35040.9%40,57740.1%White: Irish––––––908594960.1%1150.1%1130.1%White: Traveller of Irish heritage––––––202136310.0%280.0%370.0%White: Gypsy/Roma––––––701664941,2601.5%1,1401.1%1,0311.0%White: Other––––––4500.6%1,0821,8092,9623.5%4,2634.2%4,3994.3%Asian / Asian British: Total––––24,28033.1%28,38738.4%32,70442.5%36,35343.3%43,44743.1%43,26842.7%Asian / Asian British: Indian––––1,7902.4%1,8391,8381,8092.2%1,9822.0%1,9741.9%Asian / Asian British: Pakistani––––20,16027.5%23,24131.5%26,72734.7%30,67436.5%36,84936.5%36,84136.4%Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi––––1,7502,1412,5182,8513.4%3,3153.3%3,1533.1%Asian / Asian British: Chinese––––8085110880.1%980.1%970.1%Asian / Asian British: Other Asians––––5001,0811,5119311.1%1,2031.2%1,2031.2%Black / Black British: Total––––7001%9401.3%1,0151.3%1,1701.4%1,7621.7%1,9541.9%Black: Caribbean––––3403263092840.3%2520.2%2150.2%Black: African––––2700.4%4885778151.0%1,3161.3%1,5151.5%Black: Other Blacks––––901181311070.1%1940.2%2240.2%Mixed / British Mixed––––––1,8002.5%2,3903.2%2,9003.8%3,9034.6%6,1246.0%6,5506.5%Other: Total––––2500.3%5570.8%7601%9611.1%1,5661.5%1,8801.9%Unclassified––––00.0%4300.6%20–2250.3%5920.7%1,2611.2%1,5001.5%Non-White: Total–6.7%–10.5%–30.7%37.4%44%48.9%51.3%53.7%54.5%Total:–100%–100%75,557100%73,380100%73,860100%76,930100%83,993100%101,056100%101,309100%

Country of birth

In 1966, the New Commonwealth foreign born population was around 13,410. In 1971, it was 20,700. Most of the Asian born population had come after 1962 in 1971, and 72% came to the city relatives or friends in the area. County Borough of BradfordCountry of birthYear1951 census1961 census1971 census1981 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%––––––––Ireland2,1923,3502,8052,475Other Europe5,7292%5,4161.8%4,7951.6%4,8931.6%Poland2757230319401927Russia2750232620251984Italy222787830982New Commonwealth and Pakistan8830.3%6,2192.1%21,0107.1%26,5118.9%India395–1,5125,9655,976Pakistan140–3,45711,08015,303Bangladesh––––––884Caribbean28–9842,0101,607Foreign born––––––––Total292,400100%295,900100%294,200100%298,600100% Metropolitan Borough of BradfordCountry of birthYear1961 census1981 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%–95.4%409,20290.1%444,47881.3%Foreign born–4.6%44,9909.9%101,93818.7%Total–100%454,192100%546,416100%

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in the City of Bradford in the 2011 census are shown below.

Rank Language Usual residents aged 3+ Proportion 1 English 424,527 85.31% 2 Punjabi 19,842 3.99% 3 Urdu 16,550 3.33% 4 Polish 5,526 1.11% 5 Bengali (incl. Sylheti and Chatgaya) 4,743 0.95% 6 Pashto 3,580 0.72% 7 Gujarati 2,638 0.53% 8 Arabic 2,398 0.48% 9 Slovak 2,162 0.43% 10 Kurdish 1,275 0.26% 11 Pakistani Pahari (incl. Mirpuri and Potwari) 1,048 0.21% 12 Latvian 985 0.20% 13 Russian 690 0.14% 14 Czech 642 0.13% 15 Tagalog/Filipino 640 0.13% 16 Persian 592 0.12% 17 Italian 564 0.11% 18 French 443 0.09% 19 Lithuanian 436 0.09% 20 Greek 382 0.08% Other 7,945 1.60%

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses in the City of Bradford.

Religion1980 estimates1989 estimations20012011 2021Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Holds religious beliefs––––367,51878.58381,87673.09362,29166.3 Christian––––281,23660.14239,84345.91182,56633.4 Muslim45,000–50,000–75,18816.08129,04124.70166,84630.5 Sikh––––4,7481.025,1250.984,8340.9 Hindu––––4,4570.954,8820.934,7570.9 Buddhist––––5370.111,0000.199590.2 Jewish––––3560.082990.06254<0.1Other religion––––9960.211,6860.322,0740.4No religion––––62,26613.31108,02720.68154,30528.2Religion not stated––––37,9218.1132,5496.2329,8165.5Total population––––467,655100.0522,452100.0546,412100.0

Industry

Manufacturing in Bradford has collapsed since the middle half of the 20th century.

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