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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
172
Population
355
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
137
England❚HX6 2UD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
355
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
299
Single
89
Married
155
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
26
Widowed
18

Health

Population
355
Very good
171
Good
121
Fair
53
Bad
7
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
299
England❚HX6 2UD❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
355
White British
318
White Irish
5
White Other
20
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
355
England
327
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Poland
2
Ghana
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1
USA
4

Religion

Population
355
Christian
211
Muslim
6
Other
1
No religion
101
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
202
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
31
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
22
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
276
England❚HX6 2UD❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
25
Unemployed
17
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
172
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
81
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
178
Occupied
172
Unoccupied
6
Detached
34
Semi detached
47
Terraced
93
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
172
One person
60
Two people
64
Three people
27
Four people
19
Five 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