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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
134
Population
352
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚HX6 2HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
352
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
92
Married
110
Civil partnership
1
Separated
12
Divorced
36
Widowed
32

Health

Population
352
Very good
135
Good
125
Fair
58
Bad
30
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚HX6 2HG❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
352
White British
338
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
352
England
328
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
352
Christian
214
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
100
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
187
Manufacturing
34
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
21
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚HX6 2HG❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
28
Unemployed
5
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
58
Shared ownership
4
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
11
Detached
3
Semi detached
22
Terraced
108
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
7
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
36
Two people
50
Three people
23
Four people
16
Five people
8
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

HX6 2RQ HX6 2RN HX6 2RW HX6 2UR HX6 2UG HX6 2UP HX6 2UE HX6 2RZ HX6 2RP HX6 2TP HX6 2RR HX6 2TU HX6 2TR HX6 2TS HX6 2TT HX6 2TY HX6 2TW HX6 2UJ HX6 2UA HX6 2UD HX6 2UB HX6 2ET HX6 2EU HX6 2EZ HX6 2EY HX6 2EX HX6 2HA HX6 2TL HX6 2FX HX6 2TZ HX6 2TJ HX6 2FQ HX6 2HP HX6 2HB HX6 2HD HX6 2HF HX6 2HR HX6 2HS HX6 2HJ HX6 2HX HX6 2HY HX6 2HE HX6 2JE HX6 2JF HX6 2JB HX6 2JG HX2 7SG

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