Calderdale · England
Sowerby Bridge population
9,948people · latest estimate
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Sowerby Bridge has a population of 9,948, making it the 6th largest place in Calderdale.
#6
of 16 in Calderdale
The other populations of Sowerby Bridge
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Sowerby Bridge has between 4,485 and 9,948 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
9,948 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
4,485 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Calderdale population trends, 2001–2024.
Sowerby Bridge in context
4 km
east to Halifax, the nearest larger town
183,206
people live within 10 km
#1,257
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,006
food businesses in Calderdale
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Sowerby Bridge sits in postcode district HX6.
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Population since 2001
Calderdale, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district HX6
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Calderdale
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elland | 15,625 |
| 2 | Todmorden | 11,690 |
| 3 | Rastrick | 11,351 |
| 4 | Ripponden | 4,665 |
| 5 | Hebden Bridge | 4,235 |
| 6 | Mytholmroyd | 3,949 |