Living in Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Free Bradford Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Bradford - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Bradford cost 5.17 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Bradford a year earlier: 5.21 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Bradford over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Bradford, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Bradford
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Recent sold prices near Bradford (postcode sector BD1 2)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 22, COLONIAL BUILDING 135-139, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £54,000 | Flat | Dec 2025 |
| FLAT 29, 108, THORNTON ROAD | £50,000 | Flat | Oct 2025 |
| FLAT 605, COLONNADE HOUSE, 201, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £118,999 | Flat | Sep 2025 |
| FLAT 1, CAMPBELL HOUSE, 201, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £125,000 | Flat | Aug 2025 |
| FLAT 404, COLONNADE HOUSE, 201, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £120,000 | Flat | Jul 2025 |
| FLAT 14, CAMPBELL HOUSE, 201, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £120,000 | Flat | Jun 2025 |
| APARTMENT 2, COLONIAL BUILDING 135-139, SUNBRIDGE ROAD | £50,000 | Flat | Jun 2025 |
| 7, AKAM ROAD | £80,000 | Terraced | Apr 2025 |
| 122, CHAIN STREET | £60,000 | Flat | Mar 2025 |
| 514, WOOLSTON WAREHOUSE, GRATTAN ROAD | £47,500 | Flat | Jan 2025 |
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