Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward, Calderdale

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,651 residents in 5,084 households — 1,153 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202111,651council ward average 11,480

Households5,0842.29 residents per household

Density1,153/ km²about 10.10 km² · Calderdale 567

Aged 65+21.1%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 18.3%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 565

5–95.9% · 692

10–157.5% · 877

16–194.2% · 491

20–244.4% · 508

25–3410.4% · 1,211

35–4919.4% · 2,260

50–6422.2% · 2,587

65–7411.5% · 1,341

75–846.9% · 809

85+2.6% · 308

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.5% · 738

1 car or van42.5% · 2,162

2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,656

3 or more10.5% · 534

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Calderdale overall: 64.6% owned, 14.5% social rented, 20.4% private rented.

Owned outright38.9% · 1,976

With mortgage36.3% · 1,843

Shared ownership0.3% · 16

Social rented9.3% · 474

Private rented15.2% · 774

Type of home

Detached house21.4% · 1,088

Semi-detached house36.8% · 1,872

Terraced house32.3% · 1,646

Purpose-built flat8.0% · 405

Converted house0.4% · 22

Other conversion0.5% · 28

Above shop / office0.5% · 27

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016488
Council: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council: 9 of 18

All 18 wards of Calderdale

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.