Population

The Office for National Statistics published the mid-2024 population estimates on 30 July 2025.

Bradford has a total population of 563,600 - an increase of 4,500 (0.8%) people since the mid-2023 population estimates were published.

The population consists of 51% female and 49% male.

Bradford is the fifth largest metropolitan borough council in England in terms of population after Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester.

Life expectancy at birth is 76.6 for males and 81.1 for females

22.3% of the District's population is aged from 0 to 15 and Bradford has the ninth highest percentage in England after the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Slough Borough Council, Luton Borough Council, Peterborough City Council, Dartford Borough Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Thurrock Borough Council and Oldham Borough Council.

Bradford's median age (where 50% is older and 50% is younger) is 36.9 years. This is younger than the Regional (40.3) and England (40.2) averages. In West Yorkshire, only Leeds has a lower median age (36.1).

Bradford has a population density of 1,538 people per sq km and a total of 209,900 households, an increase of 10,604 (5.3%) since the 2011 Census (2021 census data).