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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
225
Population
470
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
205
England❚HX6 3AE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
42
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
78
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
470
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
394
Single
183
Married
141
Separated
12
Divorced
49
Widowed
9

Health

Population
470
Very good
231
Good
165
Fair
53
Bad
18
Very bad
49

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
394
England❚HX6 3AE❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
73
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
127
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
470
White British
447
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
470
England
436
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
3
Germany
1
Spain
1
Poland
4
South Africa
3
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
470
Christian
243
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
5
No religion
187
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
296
Mining
1
Manufacturing
41
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
18
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
26
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
34
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
388
England❚HX6 3AE❚
Full-Time employee
194
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
40
Unemployed
17
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
225
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
67
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
79
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
243
Occupied
225
Unoccupied
18
Detached
24
Semi detached
22
Terraced
96
Flat - purpose built
81
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
15

Household Size

All categoies
225
One person
80
Two people
89
Three people
23
Four people
25
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven 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