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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
124
Population
258
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚HX2 7JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
258
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
49
Married
137
Separated
5
Divorced
23
Widowed
12

Health

Population
258
Very good
111
Good
90
Fair
49
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚HX2 7JB❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
258
White British
243
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
258
England
238
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
Romania
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
258
Christian
182
Muslim
2
No religion
46
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
123
Manufacturing
22
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
11
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
197
England❚HX2 7JB❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
11
Unemployed
6
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
124
Detached
1
Semi detached
51
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
39
Two people
57
Three people
16
Four people
8
Six people
3
Seven 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