Bradford homes are the most overcrowded in the region, census results have revealed.

And almost a quarter of houses in the district are without central heating.

Detailed results from the 2001 census showed the city had the biggest average household size in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Bradford is also fourth highest for the number of people per hectare, with 12.8 compared to a national average of 3.4.

There are on average 2.55 people per household, compared to a national average of 2.36.

The percentage of homes with central heating was 77 per cent per cent, compared with 63 per cent in 1991.

And 0.5 per cent of homes - the same as the national average - do not have their own bathroom and toilet.

The latest census results reveal more information about population, race and religion, work, family relationships and housing.

The 2001 results have been split into local authority areas, giving a snapshot of life in Bradford.

The population of the district was 467,665, compared with 457,334 in 1991. However, the results of the latest census have been adjusted to take account of people who did not return their form.

Bradford Council is holding talks with the Office for National Statistics and the Deputy Prime Minister's office after the population figures released in September showed the number of people in the city was 20,000 fewer than expected.

This sparked fears the Council could lose up to £2 million in Government funding, which is partly based on the district's population.

The leader of the Council, Councillor Margaret Eaton, said they were still trying to resolve that issue.

She said they would be studying the latest batch of census information carefully and it would be invaluable for the Council.

"I think all the statistical information - about issues like overcrowding and for the first time about religious groups - are key pieces of information that enable a council to plan its services," she said.

She was surprised that Bradford was so high up the table for number of people per hectare, as two-thirds of the district is rural.

But Phil Williams, the Council's head of research and consultation, said results were generally as expected.

He said: "At first glance there's not anything that surprises us because a lot of the information in the census we can find from other sources and we have been doing."

Other findings showed Bradford was third highest in the region for the number of lone-parent households with dependent children -- 7.4 per cent contrasted with a national average of 6.5 per cent.

The Bradford figure has increased from 7,933 in 1991 to 13,251 in 2001.

Bradford also has a higher than average number of households without a car or van with 32.5 per cent without transport, compared to a national average of 26.8 per cent.

The figures for ethnicity show 78.3 per cent of people in the Bradford district describe themselves as white.

The number of people of Pakistani origin increased from 9.9 per cent of the Bradford population in 1991 to 14.5 per cent in 2001. The census found 2.7 per cent were Indian and 1.1 per cent were Bangladeshi.

For the first time, respondents were asked their religion - although the question was optional.

In Bradford 60.1 per cent said they were Christian and 16.1 per cent were Muslim, making the highest proportion of Muslims in the Yorkshire and Humber region and the fourth highest in the country.

The district had a larger percentage of people in work than in 1991 - 56.5 per cent - but the city is still behind the West Yorkshire average.

Manufacturing now accounts for 19 per cent of the workforce - less than in 1991 but higher than the national average.

The number of people living in Council houses has fallen from 17 per cent in 1991 to 12 per cent in 2001.

But five per cent of homes are provided by housing associations, co-operatives and charitable trusts.

Full Bradford statistics