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Administrative Areas

Ward
Sowerby Bridge
Local Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
131
Population
243
Males
40%
Females
60%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
England❚HX2 7HE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
243
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
42%
65 or over
45%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
33%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
41
Married
91
Separated
5
Divorced
17
Widowed
57

Health

Population
243
Very good
80
Good
80
Fair
65
Bad
15
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚HX2 7HE❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
243
White British
227
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
243
England
222
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Poland
1
Middle East
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
243
Christian
176
Muslim
1
No religion
41
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
80
Manufacturing
14
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
8
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
130
England❚HX2 7HE❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
7
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
54
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
131
Detached
6
Semi detached
26
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
61

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
67
Two people
37
Three people
13
Four people
9
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

HX6 2BQ HX6 2SG HX6 2SJ HX2 7HU HX2 7JZ HX2 7NW HX2 7NP HX2 7NR HX2 7NN HX2 7AD HX2 7NH HX2 7LA HX2 7NL HX2 7NJ HX2 7JR HX2 7JS HX2 7LB HX2 7LD HX2 7JW HX2 7HS HX2 7HT HX2 7JY HX2 7JX HX2 7JU HX2 7JB HX2 7HQ HX2 7HF HX2 7HG HX2 7JN HX2 7JG HX2 7JP HX2 7JQ HX2 7PS HX2 7JJ HX2 7HD HX2 7JF HX2 7PL HX2 7PR HX2 7PN HX2 7PW HX1 3TG

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019