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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
230
Population
393
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
203
England❚HX6 2ZR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
77
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
53

Age Groups

Population
393
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
339
Single
172
Married
69
Civil partnership
3
Separated
26
Divorced
55
Widowed
14

Health

Population
393
Very good
169
Good
139
Fair
54
Bad
29
Very bad
55

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
339
England❚HX6 2ZR❚
Degree or above
59
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
64
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
393
White British
342
White Irish
6
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Other
13
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
393
England
339
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
5
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
6
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
India
5
Pakistan
4
Philippines
8
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
393
Christian
182
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
Muslim
4
Sikh
4
Other
3
No religion
160
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
214
Manufacturing
24
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
20
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
14
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
326
England❚HX6 2ZR❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
28
Unemployed
17
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
32
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
230
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
118
Rented - other private
11
Living rent free
9

Housing Types

All categoies
242
Occupied
230
Unoccupied
12
Detached
5
Semi detached
12
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
114
Flat - converted
24
Flat - in commerical building
49

Household Size

All categoies
230
One person
125
Two people
70
Three people
14
Four people
20
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

HX6 3AE HX6 3AA HX6 3AB HX6 3AD HX6 3AF HX6 2QR HX6 2QS HX6 2FN HX6 2LE HX6 2LF HX6 2EJ HX6 2LX HX6 2LT HX6 2LU HX6 2JT HX6 2LR HX6 2NT HX6 2NX HX6 2PS HX6 2NU HX6 2PR HX6 2PA HX6 2PH HX6 2PJ HX6 2PQ HX6 3LD HX6 2DR HX6 3LE HX6 2AJ 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