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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
129
Population
309
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚HX6 2DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
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
309
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
119
Married
83
Separated
10
Divorced
26
Widowed
7

Health

Population
309
Very good
162
Good
96
Fair
38
Bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚HX6 2DA❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
300
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Asian Pakistani
2

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
296
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
3
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
141
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
138
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
170
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
22
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚HX6 2DA❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
5
Unemployed
14
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Semi detached
6
Terraced
126
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
37
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
7
Six people
1
Seven 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