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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
110
Population
229
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚HX6 2BQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
229
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
186
Single
92
Married
52
Separated
10
Divorced
18
Widowed
14

Health

Population
229
Very good
104
Good
88
Fair
30
Bad
5
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
186
England❚HX6 2BQ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
229
White British
224
White Irish
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
229
England
218
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Spain
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
229
Christian
110
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
97
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
119
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
179
England❚HX6 2BQ❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
10
Unemployed
18
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
39
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
114
Occupied
110
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
3
Terraced
108
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
39
Two people
39
Three people
20
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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