Population

The Office for National Statistics published the mid-2023 population estimates on 15 July 2024.  

Bradford has a total population of 560,200 - an increase of 7,600 (1.4%) people since 2022. 

The population consists of 50.9% female and 49.1% 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.

27.9% of the District's population is aged under 20 and Bradford has the seventh highest percentage in England after the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Slough Borough Council, Luton Borough Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Oldham Borough Council and Birmingham City Council.

Bradford's median age (where 50% is older and 50% is younger) is 36.8 years. This is younger than the Regional (40.5) and England (40.4) averages. In West Yorkshire, only Leeds has a lower median age (36.3).

Bradford has a population density of 366 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).

Find out more on our Understand Bradford District website.