Living in Shipley

At the end of 2021, Shipley had a population of 29,225. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €2,773 per month. The city faced an unemployment rate of 5% at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2436 sources

Population29,225people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)2,773EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent870.3EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate5%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime11,700incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean6.62µg/m³country median 6.5 — 2% aboveOfficial source · official estimated total annual mean background concentration

Higher unemployment than 83% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 84% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Shipley?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Shipley.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Shipley. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack²⁵Official · national market
Dwellings	12,835 count	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	870.3 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price²¹Official · county

Is Shipley a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–66%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–73%

Student42%strong on education, weak on work · range 30–54%

Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 49–73%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Shipley is 5.0%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Shipley 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	91.3 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk³⁶Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Employment rate	57.11 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 towns and cities dataset Figure 9 individual BUA employment row for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley²⁰Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Superfast broadband availability	99.74 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk³⁶Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Median gross salary (regional)	2,773 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹⁴Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹⁵Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Shipley?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,430of €2,337 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,337
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €870
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,430

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Shipley Salary needed to live in Shipley

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Shipley. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Shipley. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	11 count	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Primary schools	12 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official
Schools	14 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Shipley's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	2 count	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Shipley under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Shipley?

Police recorded about 11,700 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)²⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesShipley highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	11,700 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)²⁴Official · county
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	5,355 per 100,000	Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Burglary per 100,000 residents	650.1 per 100,000	30 Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Mobility and administration

Shipley's nearest airport was LBA, 8 km away and offered 51 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	51 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	8 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LBA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²³Official

Climate and air quality

Shipley's monthly mean temperatures were 3.3°C in January and 15.3°C in July. Shipley's monthly precipitation totalled 109.2 mm in January and 75.1 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Shipley?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.62 µg/m³ · official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁹

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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11°4°

14°6°

17°9°

19°11°

16°9°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

109

121

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.6WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1011.1WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂10.8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Shipley is 6.6 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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487

200

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Shipley 6.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	10.81 µg/m³country median 7.2	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁷Official
PM10 — annual mean	11.09 µg/m³country median 11.3	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁸Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.62 µg/m³country median 6.5	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.7 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 11.4 · May 14.5 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 8.5 · Dec 6.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 3.6 · May 6.2 · Jun 9.1 · Jul 11.2 · Aug 11.2 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 1.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 7.5 · May 10.4 · Jun 13.2 · Jul 15.3 · Aug 15 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 109.2 · Feb 88.8 · Mar 77.2 · Apr 66 · May 64 · Jun 79.8 · Jul 75.1 · Aug 86.4 · Sep 82.5 · Oct 97.8 · Nov 109.4 · Dec 121.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Aberdeen ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±1.3 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Shipley?

The published population was 29,225 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.1%
Foreign residents11.9%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	5.76 km²	Dec 2022	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
City area	5.76 km²	Dec 2022	Exact 2022 Built Up Area polygon area for BUA22CD in EPSG:27700, converted from square metres to km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	3,470 people	21 Mar 2021	Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts.⁷Official
GP practices per 10,000 residents	0.684 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Schools per 10,000 residents	3.76 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Population density	5,075 people/km²	21 Mar 2021	www.ons.gov.uk⁷Official · built-up-area figure
Population	29,225 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹³Official

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Owner-occupied homes	61.32 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents born abroad	11.9 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Median age	39 years	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Shipley

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Sale as a Shipley alternative in the same region

58 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.1% Sale vs 5.0% Shipley−38%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,486 Sale vs 11,700 Shipley−36%
Residents: 62,550 Sale vs 29,225 Shipley+114%
Median gross pay, region: €3,430 Sale vs €2,773 Shipley+24%

Full comparison More about Sale

Wokingham as a Shipley alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 277 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,921 Wokingham vs 11,700 Shipley−66%
Unemployment: 2.6% Wokingham vs 5.0% Shipley−48%
Median gross pay, region: €3,866 Wokingham vs €2,773 Shipley+39%
Residents: 50,325 Wokingham vs 29,225 Shipley+72%

Full comparison More about Wokingham

Cities near Shipley

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Bradford Commuting Zone · 4.7 km away

Salary: 3,425 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Shipley, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Colwyn Bay29,275 residents Heswall29,075 residents Pontypool29,070 residents Deal28,985 residents Great Yarmouth28,985 residents Jarrow29,470 residents

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Shipley in rankings

#22 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in United Kingdom

Is Shipley part of Bradford?

Shipley is in the published commuting zone of Bradford; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Bradford city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source²⁶

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Shipley?

The published population was 29,225 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Shipley?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: official estimated total annual mean background concentration.

How safe is Shipley?

What is the typical salary around Shipley?

The median gross salary is 2,773 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

How many foreign residents live in Shipley?

3,470 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts..

Is Shipley a good place to live?

Shipley may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Shipley part of Bradford?

Shipley is in the published commuting zone of Bradford; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Shipley?

Bradford, Bingley, Wilsden, Pudsey, Horsforth are near Shipley. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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