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Electoral wardE05016466

Idle & Thackley ward, Bradford

Idle & Thackley is one of 30 electoral wards of Bradford City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 19,483 residents in 8,697 households — 1,673 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202119,483council ward average 18,214
Households8,6972.24 residents per household
Density1,673/ km²about 11.65 km² · Bradford 1,491
Aged 65+18.0%Bradford: 15.2% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 1,154
5–95.6% · 1,083
10–156.8% · 1,320
16–193.7% · 730
20–244.8% · 941
25–3413.6% · 2,653
35–4919.8% · 3,862
50–6421.7% · 4,219
65–7410.3% · 2,000
75–845.5% · 1,063
85+2.3% · 450

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.8% · 1,721
1 car or van42.5% · 3,696
2 cars or vans29.9% · 2,598
3 or more7.8% · 679
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bradford overall: 61.7% owned, 14.6% social rented, 23.0% private rented.

Owned outright30.5% · 2,655
With mortgage38.6% · 3,360
Shared ownership1.3% · 110
Social rented13.5% · 1,171
Private rented16.1% · 1,396
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house23.4% · 2,037
Semi-detached house35.3% · 3,076
Terraced house22.7% · 1,977
Purpose-built flat15.7% · 1,368
Converted house0.7% · 58
Other conversion1.3% · 112
Above shop / office0.8% · 69
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 11
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016466
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
20 of 30

All 30 wards of Bradford

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.