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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
142
Population
336
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚HX2 7HR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
336
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
68
Married
176
Separated
5
Divorced
21
Widowed
20

Health

Population
336
Very good
163
Good
114
Fair
47
Bad
10
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚HX2 7HR❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
336
White British
328
White Irish
5
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
336
England
318
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Ireland
3
Germany
4
Poland
1
Middle East
1
China
1

Religion

Population
336
Christian
240
No religion
76
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
183
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
22
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
16
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
259
England❚HX2 7HR❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
19
Unemployed
8
Retired
51
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
57
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
1
Detached
11
Semi detached
86
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
14

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
30
Two people
64
Three people
20
Four people
24
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

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 7HH

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