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Electoral wardE05016474

Royds ward, Bradford

Royds is one of 30 electoral wards of Bradford City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,785 residents in 6,672 households — 5,302 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202116,785council ward average 18,214
Households6,6722.52 residents per household
Density5,302/ km²about 3.17 km² · Bradford 1,491
Aged 65+12.5%Bradford: 15.2% · under 16: 25.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.4% · 1,236
5–98.2% · 1,378
10–159.4% · 1,577
16–195.3% · 884
20–245.3% · 898
25–3414.3% · 2,398
35–4920.1% · 3,369
50–6417.5% · 2,941
65–747.1% · 1,191
75–843.6% · 598
85+1.9% · 317

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 1,837
1 car or van44.9% · 2,993
2 cars or vans22.6% · 1,509
3 or more4.9% · 328
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.9% · 1,529
With mortgage35.2% · 2,348
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented17.9% · 1,195
Private rented23.5% · 1,565
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house9.3% · 623
Semi-detached house62.3% · 4,160
Terraced house21.1% · 1,406
Purpose-built flat6.1% · 404
Converted house0.6% · 41
Other conversion0.1% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016474
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
7 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.