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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
164
Population
392
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚HX2 7NF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
392
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
337
Single
73
Married
209
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
32

Health

Population
392
Very good
161
Good
161
Fair
53
Bad
15
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
337
England❚HX2 7NF❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
124
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
392
White British
359
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Chinese
4
Arab
5

Country of Birth

Population
392
England
362
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
10
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Italy
1
South Africa
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
3
Pakistan
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
392
Christian
262
Buddhist
4
Hindu
6
Muslim
16
No religion
83
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
175
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
22
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
16
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
288
England❚HX2 7NF❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
28
Unemployed
9
Retired
66
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
99
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
166
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
2
Detached
72
Semi detached
79
Terraced
13
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
37
Two people
65
Three people
34
Four people
19
Five people
7
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

HX6 2SE HX6 2TB HX2 7NA HX6 2TA HX2 7NB HX2 7LZ HX2 7ND HX2 7LX HX2 7RX HX2 7LY HX2 0AQ

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