Sowerby & Luddendenfoot

Calderdale · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,453 · 4 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,078 of 6,856 in England
  • #438 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #18 of 27 in Calderdale
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,489
Median age (est.)44
Density556per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Sowerby & Luddendenfoot is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,078 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 27 in Calderdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (46) and lowest on Living environment (15). Typical homes here, about £203,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 98 sales), 5% above the wider Calderdale median of £193,250. Typical household take-home income is around £34,686 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 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 34 · #4,522
Employment 24 · #5,222
Education 41 · #4,070
Health 32 · #4,694
Crime 20 · #5,503
Housing & access 46 · #3,665
Living environment 15 · #5,845

House prices ?

£203,500median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£203,50098-2.4%+27.2%
Detached£405,25014-15.6%+1.3%
Semi-detached£221,50030+5.2%+33.2%
Terraced£180,00050+2.9%+50.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£203,500
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)£34,686±£4,921 · #5,126 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,853
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 508 offences
Calderdale106
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,014 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft30
Burglary27
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons52
Drugs9
Robbery5
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 191 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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