Northowram & Shelf ward, Calderdale

Northowram & Shelf is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,565 residents in 4,277 households — 1,082 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 20219,565council ward average 11,480

Households4,2772.24 residents per household

Density1,082/ km²about 8.84 km² · Calderdale 567

Aged 65+24.2%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 16.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 421

5–94.8% · 461

10–156.8% · 650

16–194.1% · 389

20–243.9% · 377

25–3410.2% · 976

35–4917.7% · 1,694

50–6423.9% · 2,282

65–7413.3% · 1,272

75–848.2% · 787

85+2.6% · 253

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.0% · 641

1 car or van41.2% · 1,763

2 cars or vans33.3% · 1,424

3 or more10.5% · 447

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.2% · 1,888

With mortgage35.1% · 1,500

Shared ownership0.2% · 8

Social rented6.2% · 264

Private rented14.3% · 611

Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house23.9% · 1,024

Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,741

Terraced house27.7% · 1,185

Purpose-built flat5.8% · 247

Converted house0.5% · 20

Other conversion1.0% · 44

Above shop / office0.3% · 14

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016491
Council: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council: 11 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.