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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
139
Population
299
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚HX6 2DJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
108
Married
97
Civil partnership
3
Separated
8
Divorced
25
Widowed
15

Health

Population
299
Very good
130
Good
110
Fair
49
Bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚HX6 2DJ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
277
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
281
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Poland
4
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
299
Christian
176
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
No religion
97
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
167
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
20
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚HX6 2DJ❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
14
Unemployed
11
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
39
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
8
Detached
17
Semi detached
9
Terraced
89
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
41
Two people
58
Three people
23
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
1

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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