The typical property in BD4

BD4 sits in Bradford City Council and covers East Bowling, Tong, Bierley, Holme Wood and parts of Wakefield Road. Housing is mixed: Victorian and Edwardian stone-built terraces in the older streets, large postwar council estates (most notably Holme Wood, built in the 1950s and 1960s), and pockets of newer estate development. Holme Wood is one of the largest local authority estates in northern England.

There is no station within BD4 itself; the closest are Bradford Interchange (in adjacent BD5) and New Pudsey. The M606 motorway runs through the outcode with junctions 2 and 3 providing access. The A650 Wakefield Road is the major arterial route.

Employment patterns are commuter into central Bradford, Leeds, the M62 corridor warehousing and the M606 industrial estates. Bradford Royal Infirmary is the major NHS employer in the wider area.

Schools are Bradford City Council maintained provision. Demographics skew towards working families with significant deprivation indices in the Holme Wood area per ONS small-area data.

Bradford City Council operates additional HMO licensing in defined areas. The Renters' Rights Act 2026 has abolished Section 21 evictions. The proposed 2030 EPC C standard, if enacted, will be a major cost on older terrace stock and on the 1950s-1960s council semi stock that dominates Holme Wood.