Brighouse

Calderdale · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,569 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #376 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #15 of 27 in Calderdale
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,670
Median age (est.)47
Density1,450per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 14%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Brighouse is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 27 in Calderdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £186,750 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 142 sales), in line with the wider Calderdale median of £193,250. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,698 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,951 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 126 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 45 · #3,789
Employment 34 · #4,488
Education 44 · #3,823
Health 30 · #4,783
Crime 30 · #4,783
Housing & access 91 · #601
Living environment 14 · #5,921

House prices ?

£186,750median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£186,750142+1.5%+24.5%
Detached£425,00015+6.2%+14.1%
Semi-detached£236,25040+1.8%+8.1%
Terraced£150,00078+15.4%+25.0%
Flat£223,0009+12.9%+57.5%
This area£186,750
Calderdale£193,250
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,951±£4,772 · #5,356 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,441
Price-to-income ?5.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 953 offences
Calderdale106
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,581 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences507
Theft123
Burglary39
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons99
Drugs35
Robbery2
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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