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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
141
Population
314
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚HX2 7HF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
69
Married
157
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
22

Health

Population
314
Very good
127
Good
119
Fair
50
Bad
17
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚HX2 7HF❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
308
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
299
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
2
South Africa
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
314
Christian
218
Buddhist
2
No religion
73
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
19
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
19
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚HX2 7HF❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
21
Unemployed
11
Retired
54
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - private landlord
15

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
70
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
37
Two people
60
Three people
25
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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