Calderdale Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2025 December 18th, 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 LSOAs in Calderdale. The IoD is a set of relative measures of…
Employment and Skills Framework November 20th, 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 needs of employers and residents. The indicators are used to…
Visitor Economy Data September 5th, 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 directly supported by tourism…
Annual Performance Report 2025 July 31st, 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 time of significant challenge. Progress is monitored using…
We Are Calderdale 2025 July 11th, 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, visit and invest. The information pack…
Climate Dashboard March 3rd, 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: This interactive dashboard shows latest data for indicators identified within each theme in addition to providing trend data and uses data from a range of…
Half Year (Q2) Performance January 23rd, 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: During this period there have also been data releases for the following Super Key Performance Indicators (SKPIs) – Claimant Count, Youth Unemployment and Per Capita C02 emissions in the area. Our half year performance report also shows…
Warm and Welcoming Spaces January 16th, 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 Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden are now part of the…
