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Electoral wardE05016483
Brighouse ward, Calderdale
Brighouse is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,122 residents in 5,388 households — 928 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,122council ward average 11,480
Households5,3882.06 residents per household
Density928/ km²about 11.98 km² · Calderdale 567
Aged 65+22.9%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 509
5–94.6% · 515
10–156.8% · 755
16–193.7% · 408
20–245.1% · 565
25–3411.9% · 1,329
35–4917.2% · 1,914
50–6423.2% · 2,584
65–7411.7% · 1,296
75–848.0% · 889
85+3.2% · 360
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.9% · 1,397
1 car or van43.7% · 2,354
2 cars or vans23.7% · 1,276
3 or more6.7% · 361
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Calderdale overall: 64.6% owned, 14.5% social rented, 20.4% private rented.
Owned outright37.3% · 2,007
With mortgage27.4% · 1,476
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented13.3% · 715
Private rented21.8% · 1,174
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.5% · 890
Semi-detached house28.0% · 1,510
Terraced house39.8% · 2,144
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 626
Converted house0.8% · 45
Other conversion2.2% · 119
Above shop / office0.5% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016483- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 18
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.