Sowerby Bridge ward, Calderdale

Sowerby Bridge is one of 18 electoral wards of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 13,741 residents in 6,341 households — 1,132 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202113,741council ward average 11,480

Households6,3412.17 residents per household

Density1,132/ km²about 12.14 km² · Calderdale 567

Aged 65+19.3%Calderdale: 19.0% · under 16: 18.2%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 681

5–96.2% · 849

10–157.0% · 966

16–193.7% · 508

20–245.0% · 686

25–3412.3% · 1,685

35–4919.0% · 2,607

50–6422.6% · 3,100

65–7411.4% · 1,572

75–846.0% · 831

85+1.9% · 255

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.6% · 1,685

1 car or van43.7% · 2,773

2 cars or vans23.0% · 1,456

3 or more6.7% · 427

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.7% · 1,948

With mortgage28.7% · 1,817

Shared ownership0.4% · 28

Social rented19.6% · 1,241

Private rented20.5% · 1,301

Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house12.0% · 764

Semi-detached house28.6% · 1,815

Terraced house41.3% · 2,618

Purpose-built flat12.8% · 812

Converted house0.9% · 59

Other conversion3.0% · 191

Above shop / office1.0% · 63

Caravan, mobile0.4% · 24

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016497
Council: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council: 10 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.