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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
123
Population
279
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
England❚HX6 2AU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
214
Single
104
Married
63
Separated
3
Divorced
35
Widowed
9

Health

Population
279
Very good
137
Good
86
Fair
35
Bad
17
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
214
England❚HX6 2AU❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
265
White Irish
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Pakistani
9
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
261
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Pakistan
1
USA
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
279
Christian
144
Muslim
9
Sikh
1
No religion
104
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
134
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚HX6 2AU❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
13
Detached
2
Semi detached
9
Terraced
96
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
15

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
45
Two people
38
Three people
16
Four people
15
Five people
5
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

HX6 3LF HX6 3LX HX6 2AP HX6 2AR HX6 2BD HX6 2BH HX6 2BE HX6 2BG HX6 2SF HX6 2BA HX6 2BX HX2 7HW HX2 7HL HX2 7HP HX2 7HR HX2 7HN HX2 7HJ 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