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Electoral wardE05016476

Thornton & Allerton ward, Bradford

Thornton & Allerton is one of 30 electoral wards of Bradford City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,816 residents in 7,545 households — 1,230 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202118,816council ward average 18,214
Households7,5452.49 residents per household
Density1,230/ km²about 15.29 km² · Bradford 1,491
Aged 65+16.1%Bradford: 15.2% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 1,268
5–97.4% · 1,386
10–159.1% · 1,705
16–194.9% · 930
20–245.0% · 938
25–3412.2% · 2,305
35–4919.8% · 3,723
50–6418.8% · 3,533
65–749.3% · 1,744
75–844.9% · 929
85+1.9% · 356

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.6% · 1,777
1 car or van44.7% · 3,371
2 cars or vans24.7% · 1,860
3 or more7.1% · 535
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.3% · 2,289
With mortgage33.6% · 2,535
Shared ownership0.2% · 18
Social rented16.1% · 1,213
Private rented19.7% · 1,489
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house17.3% · 1,302
Semi-detached house45.2% · 3,410
Terraced house27.0% · 2,039
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 633
Converted house0.8% · 64
Other conversion0.5% · 41
Above shop / office0.7% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016476
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
23 of 30

Parishes in the ward

Sandy Lane

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.