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Electoral wardE05016492
Ovenden ward, Calderdale
Ovenden is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 12,199 residents in 5,225 households — 3,865 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,199council ward average 11,480
Households5,2252.33 residents per household
Density3,865/ km²about 3.16 km² · Calderdale 567
Aged 65+15.0%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 848
5–97.6% · 930
10–158.5% · 1,034
16–194.6% · 565
20–245.7% · 692
25–3413.5% · 1,652
35–4918.4% · 2,241
50–6419.8% · 2,412
65–748.8% · 1,077
75–844.9% · 596
85+1.3% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.7% · 1,813
1 car or van41.3% · 2,162
2 cars or vans18.7% · 976
3 or more5.4% · 280
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Calderdale overall: 64.6% owned, 14.5% social rented, 20.4% private rented.
Owned outright24.4% · 1,275
With mortgage27.0% · 1,411
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented29.6% · 1,549
Private rented18.7% · 979
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house8.9% · 464
Semi-detached house41.4% · 2,166
Terraced house39.8% · 2,082
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 431
Converted house0.6% · 31
Other conversion0.6% · 32
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016492- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.