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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
137
Population
250
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚HX6 2PD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
250
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
117
Married
45
Separated
11
Divorced
37
Widowed
7

Health

Population
250
Very good
98
Good
96
Fair
39
Bad
16
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚HX6 2PD❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
250
White British
232
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
5
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
250
England
231
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
250
Christian
105
Buddhist
1
Muslim
6
Sikh
4
No religion
114
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
128
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
8
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
200
England❚HX6 2PD❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
14
Unemployed
14
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
6
Detached
1
Semi detached
6
Terraced
111
Flat - purpose built
22
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
66
Two people
47
Three people
13
Four people
6
Five people
3
Six people
2

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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