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African Caribbean is a sub-category of: Ethnic and nationality minorities
The tables on this page use data from the 2001 Census.  These reports where possible have the same categories as within Maps & Stats Reports for neighbourhood based communities.

Age Group Breakdown

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Population 3,040 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
0-4 years 135 4.44% 7.10% 6.00%
5-15 years 347 11.41% 16.30% 14.20%
16-24 years 249 8.19% 12.50% 10.90%
25-44 years 1,266 41.64% 28.00% 29.10%
45-64 years 646 21.25% 21.70% 23.80%
65-74 years 307 10.10% 7.70% 8.40%
75+ years 90 2.96% 6.70% 7.60%

Household Composition [by ethnic group of Household Reference Person (HRP)]

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Total households 1,675 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
All pensioner households 241 14.39% 22.80% 23.80%
Couple with dependent children(1) 285 17.01% 22.40% 20.80%
Lone parent with dependent children(1) 214 12.78% 7.40% 6.50%
Other 935 55.82% 47.40% 48.90%
(1) A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 - 15 years (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16-18 years who is a full-time student in a family with their parent(s).

Household Characteristics [by ethnic group of Household Reference Person (HRP)]

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Residents in households(1) 3,614 100.00% 100.00%
Households 1,679 100.0%  8.30% 7.00%
Average household size 2.15
Overcrowded households (2) 212 12.63% 22.90% 8.50%
Households without central heating 346 20.61% 32.50% 26.80%
Households without a car/van 814 48.48% 36.40% 34.10%
One or more people in household have a long term limiting illness(3) Not Available
(1) Excludes people living in communal establishments eg care home
(2) Overcrowding is defined as the number of households having one room too few for the household. A single person household is assumed to require two 'common' rooms (not including a bathroom) and a bedroom. Families are assumed to require two 'common' rooms (not including a bathroom) and a bedroom for each couple, lone parent, any other person over 16 years, each pair aged 10-15 years of the same sex, each pair formed from a remaining person aged 10-15 years and a child aged under 10 of the same sex, each pair of children aged 10 years and under and each remaining person. This is the definition of overcrowding used by government.
(3) People who responded 'yes' to the question 'Do you have any long term illness, health problems or disability which limits your daily activities or the work you can do?'. A prompt asked people to include any problems due to old age.

Housing Type

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
All households 1,679 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
shared dwellings 12 0.71% 0.29% 0.31%
unshared dwellings 1,667 99.29% 99.71% 99.69%

Housing Tenure [by ethnic group of Household Reference Person (HRP)]

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Owner occupiers 930 55.56% 71.70% 68.90%
Rented from council or housing association 546 32.62% 16.30% 19.20%
Private and other renting 198 11.83% 12.00% 11.90%

Work (1)

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Economically active (2) , of all people aged 16 - 74 1,569 63.57% 63.40% 66.50%
Employed (including self-employed) of economically active 1,326 84.51% 89.10% 91.10%
Unemployed, of economically active 186 11.85% 6.90% 5.00%
Full time student working or looking for work, of economically active 57 3.63% 4.00% 3.90%
Economically inactive (3) , of all people aged 16 - 74 899 36.43% 36.60% 33.50%
Retired, of economically inactive 368 40.93% 35.00% 40.70%
Student not working or looking for work, of economically inactive 144 16.02% 15.10% 14.00%
Looking after family/home , of economically inactive 84 9.34% 20.90% 19.50%
Permanently sick or disabled, of economically inactive 171 19.02% 16.70% 16.50%
Other, of economically inactive 132 14.68% 12.20% 9.30%
(1) In the 2001 Census percentages relate to all people aged 16 - 74 years. This is different from some other sources of information on employment.
(2) Economically active people are either working or looking for work.
(3) Economically inactive are not working and not looking for work.

Unemployment (1)

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
Long term unemployed (2) 63 33.87% 31.9%  30.30%
Unemployed who have never worked Not Available
Unemployed aged 16-24 27 14.52% 32.3%   25.9%
Unemployed aged 50+ Not Available
(1) Percentages as a proportion of all people who are unemployed.
(2) Long term unemployed are people who have not worked for two or more years

Qualifications(1)

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
People aged 16-74 2,468 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
No qualifications or level unknown 1,083 43.88% 42.30% 36.02%
Professional/degree level qualification 423 17.14% 15.86% 19.76%
(1) All people aged 16 - 74 years

Health and Unpaid Care

Black or Black British: Black Caribbean Bradford District 2001 England and Wales 2001
Total %
All people reporting their health as 'not good' 425 13.99% 10.10% 9.20%
Illness (1) , of all people 669 22.02% 18.50% 18.20%
People providing unpaid care(2), of all people Not Available
People providing unpaid care for 50+ hours a week, of all people providing unpaid care Not Available
(1) People who responded 'yes' to the question 'Do you have any long term illness, health problems or disability which limits your daily activities or the work you can do?' A prompt asked people to include any problems due to old age.
(2) People looking after, giving help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or disability or problems relating to old age.

 


CoI Plan & Links to Organisations that may have further data on African Caribbean:

Click on the following link for the Community of interest African Caribbean framework plan 2006.

Click on the following link for the Community of interest African Caribbean framework plan 2003

No links to external Organisations have been found for this category as yet.
If you know of any please email mick.charlton@bradford.gov.uk.


   

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