Housing in HX2 7HS
What the homes in HX2 7HS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Sowerby Bridge
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,512 (2024)
HX2 7HSHalifax
What homes look like here
Most homes here are semi-detached (48.9%). Flats make up 24.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the HX2 7HS area is broadly in line with that, at 67.9%. The private rented sector is less than half the national picture, at 8.7% of households against 20.5%. 39.5% own outright and 28.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented8.7%20.5%
- Social rented23.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 38.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, 66 and over, at 25.1%. 17.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Calderdale
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Calderdale, August 2026, +2.3% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood HX2 7HS sits in (Sowerby Bridge): about 1,512 residents.
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.