City Profile • Local Authority

Calderdale

Calderdale is a local authority district comprising 11 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £211k, reflecting a downward trend of 0.6% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (116 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

207,699
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

11 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Calderdale authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English82.7%
Pakistani8.5%
White: Other White2.4%
Indian0.9%
White: Irish0.8%
White and Asian0.7%

Age Profile

50-54 years7.6%
55-59 years7.3%
45-49 years6.7%
10-14 years6.4%
35-39 years6.3%
30-34 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional19.5%
Associate professional13.6%
Managers and directors12.3%
Skilled trades11.2%
Administrative and secretarial9.8%
Caring and leisure9.5%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright34.6%
Owned: Mortgage30.0%
Private rented: Landlord17.9%
Social rented: Other10.4%
Social rented: Council4.2%
Private rented: Other2.5%

Area DNA

family2/10
health5/10
safety2/10
homeown4/10
transit10/10
affluence4/10
diversity3/10
employment3/10
investment6/10