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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
132
Population
304
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚HX6 2HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
304
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
87
Married
111
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
13

Health

Population
304
Very good
155
Good
88
Fair
49
Bad
11
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚HX6 2HS❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
304
White British
293
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Pakistani
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
304
England
291
Scotland
4
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Lithuania
1

Religion

Population
304
Christian
160
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
117
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
31
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚HX6 2HS❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
8
Unemployed
16
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
13
Terraced
118
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
34
Two people
53
Three people
24
Four people
14
Five people
6
Six 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 2RS HX6 2ET HX6 2EU HX6 2EZ HX6 2EY HX6 2EX HX6 2HA HX6 2TL HX6 2FX HX6 2TZ HX6 2TJ HX6 2FQ HX6 2ER HX6 2EW HX6 2HP HX6 2HN HX6 2HW HX6 2HL HX6 2HB HX6 2HD HX6 2HQ HX6 2HG HX6 2HF HX6 2HR HX6 2HH HX6 2HX HX6 2HE HX6 2JE HX6 2JD HX6 2JF 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