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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
131
Population
259
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚HX6 2SL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
259
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
218
Single
70
Married
96
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
30

Health

Population
259
Very good
116
Good
80
Fair
41
Bad
14
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
218
England❚HX6 2SL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
259
White British
250
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
259
England
244
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
France
1
Italy
1
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
259
Christian
166
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
77
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
26
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
12
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
186
England❚HX6 2SL❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
9
Unemployed
4
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
6
Detached
9
Semi detached
64
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
55
Two people
42
Three people
17
Four people
16
Five 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