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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002261

Southowram & Siddal

Southowram & Siddal is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,931 residents in Calderdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Calderdale
7,931

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,651

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,074.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Littleborough North & Calderbook, Rochdale6,628 residents · 66.2% owned · 22.3% no carTyldesley North, Wigan8,192 residents · 62.6% owned · 22.0% no carAccrington South East, Hyndburn8,637 residents · 67.1% owned · 24.6% no carRetford South, Bassetlaw8,795 residents · 60.9% owned · 20.4% no carAtherton South West, Wigan8,354 residents · 67.2% owned · 20.9% no carChorley Town & South, Chorley9,678 residents · 62.2% owned · 24.9% no car

Most similar within Calderdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Brighouse, Calderdale7,670 residents · 66.1% owned · 26.7% no carElland, Calderdale10,303 residents · 57.8% owned · 26.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southowram & Siddal

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned63.8%
2,329 households
Private rented23%
838 households
Social rented13%
476 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.5%
1,514 households
Semi-detached32%
1,166 households
Detached14.3%
522 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.8%
356 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
44 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,639 households
No cars or vans in household24.3%
887 households
2 cars or vans in household23.9%
872 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.9%
253 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.8%
1,344 households
2 bedrooms35.8%
1,307 households
4 or more bedrooms15.8%
576 households
1 bedroom11.6%
424 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.9%
2,221 households
One-person household35%
1,275 households
Other household types4.2%
152 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%
1,297 households
1 person in household34.9%
1,275 households
3 people in household14%
510 households
4 people in household11%
401 households
5 people in household3.3%
119 households
6 people in household1%
36 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,358 residents
15–2916.1%
1,281 residents
30–4419.9%
1,579 residents
45–6428%
2,224 residents
65 and over18.8%
1,490 residents
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.8%
7,367 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4%
315 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
152 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
59 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
42 residents
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,746 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.8%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
953 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
497 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.3%
3,911 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38%
2,462 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.5%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.8%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
814 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.1%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
428 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
317 residents aged 16 and over
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.6%
3,696 residents
Good health33.5%
2,653 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,151 residents
Bad health4.1%
328 residents
Very bad health1.3%
103 residents
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2%
6,439 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.8%
1,492 residents
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.6%
1,665 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.3%
1,287 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15%
547 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
147 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Southowram & Siddal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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