1st May 2026 by Simon Greaves
There will be local (district) elections on 7th May 2026 for new wards following a Local Government Boundary Commission review. The ward information published here on DataWorks is based on ward boundaries that predate these elections. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is due to publish 2026...
10th March 2026 by Diane Wilkinson
All Health and Wellbeing boards are responsible for producing a JSNA. They are used to identify the priorities to improve health and wellbeing, and to reduce health inequalities across the borough. Calderdale’s JSNA can be found at Joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA) | Calderdale Council. Our...
15th January 2026 by Simon Greaves
Our 2025/26 Half Year (Q2) Performance Report has three main areas of focus where a detailed exception report is provided: Adults Social Care assessments completed within 28 days of referral Average Attainment 8 score per pupil Primary phase outcomes During this period there have also been data...
18th December 2025 by Simon Greaves
The Index of multiple deprivation (IMD) combines information from the English Indices of deprivation (IoD). It is the Government’s official measure of relative deprivation for LSOAs (Lower layer super output areas). LSOAs are small geographical areas of approximately 1,600 people. There are 129...
20th November 2025 by Simon Greaves
The Employment and Skills dashboard has been developed to monitor and show progress against key indicators in our Employment and Skills Framework (2024-2029). The Framework will help get more people in Calderdale into learning, training and employment by delivering a skills system that meets the...
5th September 2025 by Simon Greaves
The latest Visitor Economy data for 2024 continues to show the value of the visitor economy in Calderdale, increasing year on year having risen from £516.58 million in 2022 to £649.65 million in 2024. Tourism related employment has increased from 5,189 in 2022 to 5,791 in 2024, with 4,113 of these...
31st July 2025 by Simon Greaves
Our annual performance report is now published and contains a summary of the Council’s performance between April 2024 to the end of March 2025. The report highlights many positives, with areas of outstanding performance and progress helping to improve life for residents, businesses and visitors at a...
11th July 2025 by Simon Greaves
Vision 34 was officially launched at the annual ‘We are Calderdale’ partnership event in June 2025. It marked a significant milestone and the start of a 10-year ambition for the whole borough, which will build hope and aspiration, making Calderdale an even better place to live, work, play, learn,...
3rd March 2025 by Simon Greaves
Our Climate Change dashboard has been developed to monitor the progress of Calderdale’s climate action plan. The dashboard is split into the same six key themes as the Calderdale Climate Action Plan: Influencing Community Climate Action Warm and Resilient Buildings Green Economy Transport and...
23rd January 2025 by Simon Greaves
Our 2024/25 Half Year (Q2) Performance Report has four main areas of focus where a detailed exception report is provided: Section 42 safeguarding enquiries where risks were identified and reduced or removed Adult social care workforce turnover Primary schools rated good or outstanding Absence in...
16th January 2025 by Simon Greaves
We’ve updated our dataset showing Warm and Welcoming Spaces in and around Calderdale including links to our Calderdale Warm Spaces directory along with links to regional and national directories of Warm Spaces provided by Open Innovations and Warm Welcome UK. Calderdale sports and fitness centres in...
25th October 2024 by Charlotte Greaves
Our Inclusive Economy Strategy dashboard has been developed to show progress against key indicators for each of the 5 Goals in the Inclusive Economy Strategy and to meet our vision for Calderdale to be a more inclusive economy by 2029. This interactive dashboard shows latest overview data for the...
20th August 2024 by Simon Greaves
The Wuthering Bytes 2024 Festival Day, featuring fascinating technology insights, inspiring stories and more, took place at the Birchcliffe Centre in Hebden Bridge on Friday 23rd August 2024. There were speakers on a range of subjects including: The Mythical Mainframe: The unbelievable truth about...
31st July 2024 by Simon Greaves
Our 2023/24 Corporate Performance Report has the following main areas of focus: Population aged 65 years and over in receipt of long term adult health and social care support Employment Assessments completed within 28 days Section 42 safeguarding enquiries where risks were identified and reduced or...
21st June 2024 by Diane Wilkinson
Is Calderdale a great place to live? 72% of residents think so. For the last six years we have asked Calderdale residents for their perception of what it is like to live in the borough. Is it a great place to live in? Is it an attractive place to visit? How well do people from different backgrounds...
29th May 2024 by Diane Wilkinson
Tourism was hit hard during the pandemic (2020 to 2021) across the country. Attractions had to close several times and people were discouraged from travelling any distance. The tourism figures for 2022 were released earlier this year and show tourism is growing again. This is despite the ongoing...
15th May 2024 by Simon Greaves
Halifax Digital Festival is back next week from 21st -23rd May at The Crossley Gallery at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax! Join us during 3 days of events, seminars and workshops on digital technology, Gen Ai, skills development and the opportunities it will bring for education, businesses and...
8th May 2024 by Simon Greaves
We’ve published more Footfall data covering additional sites in Halifax town centre as well as new data for Elland and Brighouse. This builds on the data previously published from Halifax BID, which covered two sites in Halifax, and footfall and car park usage data provided by Woolshops Shopping...
25th April 2024 by Simon Greaves
We publish a range of school and education datasets here on Calderdale DataWorks, which have recently been updated with data from the January 2024 school census. Datasets include: Number of pupils on Roll Ethnicity Pupils eligible for Free School meals Pupils with special educational needs (SEN)...
22nd January 2024 by Simon Greaves
Our 2023/24 Half Year (Q2) Performance Report has four main areas of focus: Referral and Assessment Timescales (Adults Social Care) Short Term Placement Stability (Children’s Social Care) Primary education outcomes Child protection plans Our half year performance report also shows how the Council is...
4th December 2023 by Simon Greaves
Open Innovations are holding their next hackathon which will be for all things net zero. They’re working with Northern Powergrid in their ambition to support our region to meet its decarbonisation pledge. To do this, they want to engage with other Distribution Network Operators (DNO; companies...
24th November 2023 by Cath Bentley
Poverty in Calderdale: selected statistics – the Calderdale Anti-Poverty dashboards – is a collection of dashboards about poverty statistics in Calderdale on the Calderdale Dataworks website. Ten new dashboards have been added about: housing affordability for buyers and renters; people eligible for...
25th September 2023 by Simon Greaves
Leeds Digital Festival 2023 Our friends at Open Innovations will be 10 years old in November. To kick off their celebrations they are hosting a Showcase during Leeds Digital Festival on September 28th. This will take place in person at their innovation space in Munro House and will include talks,...
15th August 2023 by Simon Greaves
Following a three year absence the festival of interesting and inspiring technology in the small market town of Hebden Bridge will return in August 2023, which will also mark the 10 year anniversary of the first ever Wuthering Bytes. The festival will take place on Friday 25th August to Sunday 27th...
8th August 2023 by Simon Greaves
We’ve recently published footfall reports showing data from Halifax BID (Business Improvement District) based on footfall recorded in Commercial Street and Corn Market in Halifax town centre. Data is shown by hour, day, week and rolling 12-months along with a comparison to previous years and is...