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Electoral wardE05016486
Halifax Town ward, Calderdale
Halifax Town is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 13,612 residents in 6,458 households — 1,523 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,612council ward average 11,480
Households6,4582.11 residents per household
Density1,523/ km²about 8.94 km² · Calderdale 567
Aged 65+16.8%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 819
5–95.9% · 801
10–156.3% · 857
16–194.1% · 554
20–246.1% · 825
25–3416.1% · 2,186
35–4919.6% · 2,672
50–6419.2% · 2,608
65–748.7% · 1,185
75–845.5% · 742
85+2.6% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.6% · 2,811
1 car or van38.8% · 2,501
2 cars or vans14.2% · 914
3 or more3.5% · 227
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Calderdale overall: 64.6% owned, 14.5% social rented, 20.4% private rented.
Owned outright24.0% · 1,552
With mortgage19.6% · 1,268
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented21.9% · 1,412
Private rented34.1% · 2,198
Lives rent free0.1% · 8
Type of home
Detached house6.6% · 423
Semi-detached house10.4% · 669
Terraced house44.5% · 2,867
Purpose-built flat29.4% · 1,896
Converted house3.3% · 210
Other conversion4.4% · 283
Above shop / office1.5% · 94
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016486- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.