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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
128
Population
279
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚HX6 2YF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
79
Married
88
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
39
Widowed
18

Health

Population
279
Very good
126
Good
98
Fair
40
Bad
13
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚HX6 2YF❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
271
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
267
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
South Africa
1
Philippines
6

Religion

Population
279
Christian
157
Muslim
1
No religion
110
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
144
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
11
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚HX6 2YF❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
25
Unemployed
10
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
26
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
3
Detached
5
Semi detached
5
Terraced
95
Flat - purpose built
26

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
43
Two people
46
Three people
19
Four people
15
Five people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

HX6 3AE HX6 3AA HX6 3AB HX6 3AD HX6 2EA HX6 2EE HX6 2ED HX6 2AQ HX6 2EQ HX6 2EG HX6 2NY HX6 2DS HX6 2JS HX6 2EF HX6 2AS HX6 2ZR HX6 2JR HX6 2EH HX6 3AF HX6 2AA HX6 2AD HX6 2AE HX6 2FE HX6 2QH HX6 2QR HX6 2QS HX6 2FN HX6 2LE HX6 2LF HX6 2EJ HX6 2LX HX6 2LU HX6 2LA HX6 2FA HX6 2LB HX6 2LW HX6 2LP HX6 2PS HX6 2NU HX6 2PR HX6 2PA HX6 2PH HX6 2PJ HX6 2PQ HX6 3LD HX6 2DR HX6 3LE HX6 2AH HX6 2AF HX6 2AJ HX6 2AB HX6 2AG HX6 2PP HX6 2PN HX6 2DP HX6 2PL HX6 2AW HX6 2DA HX6 2DJ HX6 2DB HX6 2AL HX6 3LY HX6 3FB HX6 2BY HX6 2BU HX6 2DD HX6 2BF HX6 2BT HX6 2BS HX6 2BP

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