City of Bradford

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This article discusses the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford. For information on the city itself, see Bradford.

Bradford

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Historic county:	Yorkshire (West Riding)
Ceremonial county:	West Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 130th 366.42 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bradford
ONS code:	00CX
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km²
Ethnicity:	78.3% White 18.9% S.Asian
Politics
Bradford City Council http://www.bradford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Ann Cryer, Philip Davies, Terry Rooney, Marsha Singh, Gerry Sutcliffe

Bradford is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire with city status. It is named after its largest settlement, the city of Bradford.

The Bradford Metropolitan District (population:477,770 Source ONS 2003 Mid Year Estinate) is England's 4th largest district with city status. In terms of the population of its urban area area, which is the primary meaning of city in British English, Bradford is around the tenth largest city in England.

Contents

1 History
2 Economy
3 Settlement

3.1 Parishes

4 Demographics

4.1 Racial problems
4.2 Age Structure
4.3 Work
4.4 Ethnic Group

5 See also
6 References
7 External links

History

The current borough boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with the Queensbury parts of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and the parishes of Addingham, Kidwick and Steeton with Eastburn from Skipton Rural District.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Bradford at current basic prices [published] (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year
1995	4,343	23	1,683	2,637
2000	5,575	9	1,830	3,735
2003	6,272	13	1,774	4,486

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Settlement

Places within the borough boundaries (in addition to the Bradford city area itself) include Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Cottingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Manningham, Menston, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Steeton with Eastburn, Thornton and Wilsden.

The northern and western parts of the district are largely rural, with areas of high moorland including the famous Ilkley Moor and Brontë Country.

Parishes

Most of the Bradford city area is still unparished, but there are parish and town councils for most of the outlying towns and villages in the District. From April 2004, the parishes in the borough are:

Demographics

It has a large number of recent immigrants, and approximately 22% of the population are from ethnic minority groups, particularly from Pakistan. Asian immigrants' restaurants have led to the city being dubbed "the curry capital of Europe". Bradford is the district with the fourth highest percentage of Muslims in Britain (16.1% compared to an average of 3.0%).

Racial problems

There have been riots in 2001, where muslim youth clashed with the British National party and West Yorkshire Police. Destroying many businesses and further polarising the tense situation that exists in Bradford with relations between different communities. The local authority was criticised for having a 'weak, and 'muddled' response to the situation and its aftermath. Indeed, national figures have commented on the response by the local authority in their collusion with corrupt practices and of their toleration of discrimination on a number of levels.

Age Structure

0-4 years 33,240 (7.1 %)
5-15 years 76.087 (16.3 %)
16-24 years 58,305 (12.5 %)
25-44 years 130,742 (28.0 %)
45-64 years 101,630 (21.7 %)
65-74 years 36,101 (7.7 %)
75+ years 31,560 (6.7 %)

Work

Economically active, of all people aged 16 - 74 207,122 (63.4 %)
Employed (including self-employed) of economically active 184,558 (89.1 %)
Unemployed, of economically active 14,281 (6.9 %)
Full time student working or looking for work, of economically active 8,283 (4.0 %)
Economically inactive, of all people aged 16 - 74 119,656 (36.6 %)
Retired, of economically inactive 41,922 (35.0 %)
Student not working or looking for work, of economically inactive 18,116 (15.1 %)
Looking after family/home, of economically inactive 24,972 (20.9 %)
Permanently sick or disabled, of economically inactive 20,042 (16.7 %)
Other, of economically inactive 14,604 (12.2 %)

Ethnic Group

Bangladeshi 4,968 (1.1 %)
Black or Black British 4,333 (0.9 %)
Indian 12,504 (2.7 %)
Mixed 6,937 (1.5 %)
Pakistani 67,994 (14.5 %)
White 366,041 (78.3 %)
Other ethnic group 4,890 (1.0 %)

References

[bradfordinfo.com] has a range of statistical and other information about the District, and includes a Geographic information system accessible from [mapsandstats.com]

External links

[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[Key Statistics (PDF 1.2 MB)] from the 2001 census
[Official Statistics (PDF 1.8 MB)] (hint: search for 'Bradford' for pertinent figures)
[Visit Bradford website] for visitor information about Bradford. the site is managed by Bradford Metropoliton District Council

Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire

City of Bradford | City of Leeds | City of Wakefield
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale | Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees

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