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Bradford
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Location: Yorkshire and the Humber Population: 534,300 (2016) Interesting fact: In 1642 Civil war between King and Paliament came to the area. Bradford supported the Parliament but they were on there own as the surounding towns were for the King. They tried to take Bradford twice but the towns people drove them off (the towns people hung sacks of wool round the church to save it from cannon Fire)
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| Bradford |
Bradford is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Bradford Information |
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| Phone number 01274 431000 |
Website www.bradford.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Leeds City Region |
| Frequency of elections Elections are by thirds |
Number of councillors 90 |
Political composition Labour - 49 Conservative Party - 21 Liberal Democrats - 10 Green Party - 3 Independents - 3 The Independents - 2 Queensbury Independents - 2 |
| MPs Bradford East - Imran Hussain (Labour) Bradford South - Judith Cummins (Labour) Bradford West - Naz Shah (Labour) Keighley - Kris Hopkins (Conservative) Shipley - Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.6% Ten Year Population Change + 8.1% |
| Police Authority West Yorkshire Police Authority |
Fire Service West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service |
Health Authority NHS Yorkshire & the Humber |
| Area 37,037 Hectares |
Rural Output Areas 115 rural OAs from 1528 OAs in total |
Audited by Northern Region (Audit Commission) |
| Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Major Conurbation |
Population by Area- (Density) 14.34 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 17 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 1 |
Number of Parish Councils 12 |
Number of Town Councils 5 |
| Average house price £125,000 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016) |
Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied |
Average age of population 36.2 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Bingley, Bradford, Denholme, Ilkley, Haworth, Keighley, Shipley, Silsden |
Unemployment rate 1.9% (JSA claimants for August 2017) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £1,133.97 2015/2016 Council Tax - £1,152.11 2016/2017 Council Tax - £1,175.04 2017/2018 Council Tax - £1,257.86 |
| Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 5.9% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 44.8% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 9.8% (2011 Census data) |
| Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 35.8% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 34.3% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 30.5% 1 car or van - 43.0% 2 cars or vans - 21.3% 3 cars or vans - 4.0% 4 or more cars and vans - 1.2% |
Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied |
National Park/AONBs None |
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool
(Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) |
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