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Idle

Middle area

East Bradford. 12,257 people in 2.7 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Idle’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£206,500
1,653rd lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
12,241
221st highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Idle compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price63 middle areas, Bradford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from £79,000 to £460,000. The middle area is £170,000. Idle is £206,500.
£206,50016th highest
Population63 middle areas, Bradford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 5,223 to 14,127. The middle area is 8,291. Idle is 12,241.
12,2414th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage63 middle areas, Bradford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 77.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Idle is 97.4%.
97.4%29th highest
Claimant rate63 middle areas, Bradford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 1.3% to 14.9%. The middle area is 6.5%. Idle is 4.2%.
4.2%21st lowest

Figures for the whole of Bradford

These figures are published for the whole of Bradford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bradford and not Idle alone. See Bradford

Average house price
£182,766
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,526
26th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.7
12th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Idle in brief

The median price paid for a home in Idle was £206,500 in 2025.

Idle had 12,241 usual residents at the census.

In Idle, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Idle, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.