Calderdale: local statistics
Calderdale is a metropolitan borough in the Yorkshire and the Humber, home to an estimated 210,734 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Calderdale, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
210,734 people lived in Calderdale in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.4% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +1.8%, against +5.5% for the Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole. That is the 3rd slowest growth in the Yorkshire and the Humber. No earlier year in the series was higher.
Life expectancy at birth in Calderdale is 82.5 years for women and 78.2 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.4 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 less. It is the 5th highest for women of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
Average Band D council tax in Calderdale is £2,420.15 for 2026-27, up £117.82 on 2025-26. It is the 6th highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,514.72.
Homes in Calderdale sold for an average of £191,385 in July 2026, up 4.3% on July 2025. That is mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 9th of 15; the average for the Yorkshire and the Humber was £209,116. This July figure is the highest in the series, 55% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Calderdale (£35,989) gives a ratio of 5.3. That ratio is 10th of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber, counting from the highest ratio.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 70.7% of Calderdale residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 4.0 points), against 73.3% across the Yorkshire and the Humber. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.5% and its highest 76.5%.
The ONS counted 9,155 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Calderdale in March 2026, about the same as in 2016. There are 43 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
Full-time employees living in Calderdale earned a median £716.90 a week in April 2025, or £35,989 over a year. That is 0.7% above the figure for the Yorkshire and the Humber and close to the middle of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber (7th highest). Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £689.70, £27.20 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £503.10: a change of +42% before inflation.
Police recorded 21,812 crimes in Calderdale in the year to March 2026, 103.5 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 7th of 15. That compares with 110.3 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 85.5 to 128.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In August 2026, 5,645 people in Calderdale were on the claimant count, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.1% in the Yorkshire and the Humber. A year earlier the rate was 4.2%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.8% (October 2022) and 5.7% (August 2021).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 207,027 |
| 2016 | 207,744 |
| 2017 | 207,459 |
| 2018 | 207,215 |
| 2019 | 207,729 |
| 2020 | 206,976 |
| 2021 | 206,828 |
| 2022 | 207,597 |
| 2023 | 208,687 |
| 2024 | 209,828 |
| 2025 | 210,734 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £123,439 |
| July 2017 | £129,077 |
| July 2018 | £131,591 |
| July 2019 | £134,721 |
| July 2020 | £135,682 |
| July 2021 | £153,511 |
| July 2022 | £160,227 |
| July 2023 | £169,860 |
| July 2024 | £170,832 |
| July 2025 | £183,489 |
| July 2026 | £191,385 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £503.10 a week |
| 2016 | £522.10 a week |
| 2017 | £502.90 a week |
| 2018 | £536.30 a week |
| 2019 | £548.20 a week |
| 2020 | £523.50 a week |
| 2021 | £533.60 a week |
| 2022 | £576.80 a week |
| 2023 | £629.60 a week |
| 2024 | £686.60 a week |
| 2025 | £716.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,514.72 |
| 2017-18 | £1,584.18 |
| 2018-19 | £1,680.52 |
| 2019-20 | £1,750.15 |
| 2020-21 | £1,822.54 |
| 2021-22 | £1,916.45 |
| 2022-23 | £1,980.83 |
| 2023-24 | £2,085.92 |
| 2024-25 | £2,190.39 |
| 2025-26 | £2,302.33 |
| 2026-27 | £2,420.15 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 85.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 100.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 108.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 123.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 117.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 102.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 119.6 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 128.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 118.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 110.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 103.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.8% |
| 2016/17 | 75.5% |
| 2017/18 | 76.5% |
| 2018/19 | 75.7% |
| 2019/20 | 70.5% |
| 2020/21 | 75.4% |
| 2021/22 | 73.2% |
| 2022/23 | 74.0% |
| 2023/24 | 74.1% |
| 2024/25 | 72.8% |
| 2025/26 | 70.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,115 |
| 2017 | 9,280 |
| 2018 | 9,210 |
| 2019 | 9,690 |
| 2020 | 9,695 |
| 2021 | 9,465 |
| 2022 | 9,525 |
| 2023 | 9,620 |
| 2024 | 9,165 |
| 2025 | 9,125 |
| 2026 | 9,155 |
Questions about Calderdale
What is the population of Calderdale?
210,734 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Calderdale?
82.5 years for women and 78.2 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Calderdale?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,420.15 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Calderdale?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £191,385.
What is the average salary in Calderdale?
£716.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Calderdale?
103.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Calderdale?
The ONS claimant count was 5,645 in August 2026, 4.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Calderdale
Every body that makes decisions for Calderdale, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Calderdale council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Calderdale in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Calder Valley: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour) MP
- Halifax: Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK figures: UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber: Barnsley · Kingston upon Hull, City of · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · Rotherham · York
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