Central Halifax & Boothtown

Calderdale · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,207 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,270 of 6,856 in England
  • #582 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #22 of 27 in Calderdale
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,940
Median age (est.)40
Density1,142per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above28%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 24%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 51%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 11%Other: 9%
One person 51%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 11%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 12% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Central Halifax & Boothtown is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,270 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 27 in Calderdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (52) and lowest on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £134,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 104 sales), 30% below the wider Calderdale median of £193,250. Typical household take-home income is around £30,422 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 434 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,715
Employment 7 · #6,346
Education 29 · #4,872
Health 5 · #6,531
Crime 4 · #6,579
Housing & access 52 · #3,254
Living environment 5 · #6,490

House prices ?

£134,500median (12m) · +9.3% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£134,500104+9.3%+34.5%
Detached£270,0007-8.5%
Semi-detached£158,00015-24.8%-25.8%
Terraced£125,00058+3.3%+34.4%
Flat£96,50024-2.0%+16.3%
This area£134,500
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)£30,422±£4,327 · #6,313 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,251
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

434 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,564 offences
Calderdale106
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,394 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,489
Theft664
Burglary157
Vehicle crime92
Criminal damage & arson241
Public order & weapons519
Drugs265
Robbery63
Other74

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 394 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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