Bradford Demographics (Manchester, England)

Bradford is a ward in Manchester of North West, England and includes areas of Bradford, Beswick, Lower Openshaw, Higher Openshaw, Openshaw, City Course Trading Estate, Cornwall Street Ind Est, Highbank Trading Estate, Clayton Ind Est, Victoria, Ancoats and Victoria Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Bradford was 15,784 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Bradford is 33, while the median age is lower at 30.

72.4% of people living in Bradford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.8% Nigeria, 2.4% China, 1.6% Ireland, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Ghana, 0.9% Northern Ireland, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Jamaica.

85.5% of people living in Bradford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% All other Chinese, 1.6% Polish, 1.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.9% French, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% Somali, 0.4% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Bradford is 58.3% Christian, 26.0% No religion, 6.0% Muslim, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,095 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

24.2% of people are married, 12.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 2.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 42.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 830 widowed people living in Bradford.

The top occupations listed by people in Bradford are Elementary 17.5%, Elementary administration and service 15.9%, Professional 15.4%, Sales and customer service 12.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.1%, Sales 8.8%, Administrative 8.2%, Skilled trades 8.1%.