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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
125
Population
274
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚HX2 7JY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
66
Married
119
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
26

Health

Population
274
Very good
117
Good
99
Fair
43
Bad
14
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚HX2 7JY❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
246
White Irish
4
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
248
Scotland
3
Ireland
4
Italy
3
Spain
1
Poland
4
Pakistan
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
274
Christian
197
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
3
No religion
53
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
118
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚HX2 7JY❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
14
Unemployed
9
Retired
57
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
14
Semi detached
65
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
41
Two people
45
Three people
19
Four people
15
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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 7JU HX2 7JB HX2 7HQ HX2 7HF HX2 7HG HX2 7HE HX2 7JT HX2 7JN HX2 7JL HX2 7JG HX2 7JP HX2 7JQ HX2 7JH 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