Electoral wardE05016478
Wharfedale ward, Bradford
Wharfedale is one of 30 electoral wards of Bradford City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,035 residents in 6,017 households — 870 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,035council ward average 18,214
Households6,0172.33 residents per household
Density870/ km²about 16.14 km² · Bradford 1,491
Aged 65+23.9%Bradford: 15.2% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 653
5–96.3% · 887
10–158.2% · 1,149
16–194.1% · 580
20–243.2% · 455
25–348.1% · 1,144
35–4919.8% · 2,786
50–6421.6% · 3,032
65–7412.4% · 1,739
75–847.8% · 1,090
85+3.8% · 529
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 835
1 car or van42.6% · 2,568
2 cars or vans33.6% · 2,024
3 or more9.9% · 596
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bradford overall: 61.7% owned, 14.6% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright44.3% · 2,667
With mortgage35.2% · 2,118
Shared ownership0.8% · 49
Social rented9.3% · 562
Private rented10.3% · 620
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house32.3% · 1,943
Semi-detached house33.6% · 2,020
Terraced house19.5% · 1,174
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 703
Converted house0.9% · 57
Other conversion1.3% · 80
Above shop / office0.6% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016478- Council
- Bradford City Council
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 30
Parishes in the ward
BurleyIlkleyMenston
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.