Southowram & Siddal

Calderdale · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,844 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,831 of 6,856 in England
  • #414 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #17 of 27 in Calderdale
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,932
Median age (est.)42
Density1,075per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 35%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Southowram & Siddal is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,831 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 27 in Calderdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (64) and lowest on Living environment (17). Typical homes here, about £157,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 116 sales), 18% below the wider Calderdale median of £193,250. Typical household take-home income is around £35,516 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 35 · #4,474
Employment 30 · #4,790
Education 31 · #4,735
Health 25 · #5,146
Crime 24 · #5,242
Housing & access 64 · #2,480
Living environment 17 · #5,674

House prices ?

£157,500median (12m) · -2.2% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£157,500116-2.2%+32.4%
Detached£350,00013-5.4%+40.0%
Semi-detached£176,25036+0.7%+14.4%
Terraced£145,00061+9.0%+57.6%
Flat£97,2506-23.7%+2.6%
This area£157,500
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)£35,516±£5,006 · #4,872 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,151
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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 750 offences
Calderdale106
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,773 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences385
Theft75
Burglary31
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons70
Drugs37
Robbery4
Other51

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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