21,691

Households

White Brit. · 83%

Ethnicity

Christian · 55%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£210,323

Median property price

1,152

Postcodes

21,691

Households

White Brit. · 83%

Ethnicity

Christian · 55%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£210,323

Median property price

1,152

Postcodes

21,691

Households

White Brit. · 83%

Ethnicity

Christian · 55%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£210,323

Median property price

1,152

Postcodes

Sold prices in BL2

England & Wales

Property sales · BL2

HM Land Registry · BL2

Average price

£212,896

YoY: -1.3%

Median price: £200,955

View district BL2

Recent sale price trend

Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 16 sales · avg £196,156

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£248k£217k£185k

Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26

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Overview of BL2

Coordinates53.5885, -2.3950

Postcodes

1,152

Population (Census)

51,009

Households (Census)

21,691

Demographics in BL2

Ethnicity

Total residents: 51,008

White Brit.83.4%

Pakistani3.4%

African2.9%

Other White2.6%

Indian1.8%

+ 1 other groups · 6.0%

Religion

Total residents: 51,017

Christian55.1%

No religion32.5%

Muslim5.6%

Not answered4.9%

Hindu1.1%

+ other · 0.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 51,009

50–6419.6%

35–4918.3%

25–3412.5%

65–7410.6%

10–158.0%

+ 6 other age groups · 31.0%

Households

Total households: 21,691

Other18.0%

Any member 66+14.2%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.4%

All members 66+9.4%

+ 8 other households · 37.4%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for BL2

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

High deprivation

Mean decile 4.30 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.30 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).