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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
311
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚HX2 7HH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
311
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
107
Married
83
Civil partnership
1
Separated
8
Divorced
44
Widowed
6

Health

Population
311
Very good
174
Good
98
Fair
26
Bad
8
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚HX2 7HH❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
311
White British
299
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Pakistani
5
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
311
England
297
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
2
Poland
1
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Pakistan
2

Religion

Population
311
Christian
170
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
121
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
181
Manufacturing
21
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
25
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚HX2 7HH❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
2
Detached
9
Semi detached
36
Terraced
86
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
36
Two people
47
Three people
23
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
4

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HX6 3LF HX6 3LX HX6 2AP HX6 2AR HX6 2BD HX6 2BH HX6 2BE HX6 2BG HX6 2SF HX6 2BA HX6 2AU HX6 2AZ HX6 2AX HX6 2BB HX6 2BX HX6 2AY HX6 2AN HX2 7HW HX2 7HL HX2 7HP HX2 7HR HX2 7HN HX2 7HJ

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