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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
133
Population
330
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚HX6 2NN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
76
Married
142
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
18
Widowed
20

Health

Population
330
Very good
158
Good
111
Fair
43
Bad
12
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚HX6 2NN❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
318
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
315
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
5
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
330
Christian
203
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
94
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
164
Manufacturing
29
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
30
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚HX6 2NN❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
22
Unemployed
13
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
4
Detached
10
Semi detached
14
Terraced
112
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
34
Two people
46
Three people
21
Four people
20
Five people
11
Six people
1

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HX6 2NJ HX6 2HT HX6 2JQ HX6 2JA HX6 2TH HX6 2NS HX6 2PB HX6 2PD HX6 2PU HX6 2PE HX6 2PF HX6 2TG HX6 2TF HX6 2TX HX6 2JN HX6 2JL HX6 2TE HX6 2TD HX6 2DW HX6 2DQ HX6 2DG HX6 2DU HX6 2DH HX6 2PX HX6 2SP HX6 2SR HX6 2ST HX6 2DF HX6 2DE HX6 2BL HX6 2BN HX6 2BW HX6 2BJ HX6 2SH HX6 2SW HX6 2SS HX6 2SN HX6 2SQ HX6 2SL HX6 2SY HX6 2SU HX6 2SX HX6 2SZ HX6 2SB

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