Photo: Mr Barndoor · CC BY 3.0Across Halifax, life expectancy spans 11 years from one area to another
Inside the town, men’s life expectancy runs from 70.0 in Pellon East to 80.8 in Norton Tower & Mount Tabor, 1.3 miles apart. Life expectancy is 76.3 for men and 81.1 for women. Across England the figures for 2019 to 2023 are 79.1 and 83.0. Halifax grades D for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #80 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
What stands out about health in Halifax
An 11-year gap from one part of Halifax to another
Men in Norton Tower & Mount Tabor can expect to live to 80.8, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Pellon East, 1.3 miles away, the figure is 70.0, and Pellon East records 227 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 74.9 in Pellon East to 85.6 in Norton Tower & Mount Tabor. Neighbourhoods ↓
Patients rate Halifax’s GP practices below England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 67% of patients at Halifax’s 8 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 45% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is behind 90% of English towns. GP practices ↓
More of Halifax’s children are obese
26% of Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) were measured as obese over the last three school years, against 22.3% across England; more than in 89% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
More A&E patients are seen within four hours than across England
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the A&E at Calderdale Royal Hospital, saw 84% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 1st of 117 trusts. 2% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Halifax grades D for health
Healthier than 10% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, disability and Census bad health, are in the bottom 25% of UK towns; emergency admissions and preventable deaths are furthest behind. Among the 91 UK towns of 62,000 to 119,000 people, Halifax’s Health Grade is the 69th highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
Calderdale and Huddersfield saw 84% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust runs the A&E at Calderdale Royal Hospital, the nearest to Halifax (1.8 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 85% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 78% of trusts: 708 patients in 12 months, 2% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Calderdale Royal Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2026), the hospital overall requires improvement (2026).
North East and Yorkshire trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 mi | Calderdale Royal Hospital A&E Halifax · Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 5.6 mi | Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E Huddersfield · Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 6.4 mi | St Luke's Hospital Bradford · Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | — |
| 6.6 mi | Bradford Royal Infirmary A&E Bradford · Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 6.6 mi | Bradford Royal Infirmary Bradford · Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 9.6 mi | Dewsbury and District Hospital A&E Dewsbury · Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Requires improvement2024 | Requires improvement2024 |
| 12 mi | Airedale General Hospital A&E Keighley · Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2023 | Requires improvement2019 |
| 12 mi | Airedale General Hospital Keighley · Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
Men’s life expectancy across Halifax runs from 70.0 to 80.8
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Halifax’s 12 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: Pellon East, where 63% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 70.0. Pellon East has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (227 per 100 expected), against 90 in Norton Tower & Mount Tabor.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Tower & Mount Tabor | 80.8 | 85.6 | 90 | 104 | 23% | 30% |
| Skircoat Green | 80.0 | 84.0 | 74 | 100 | 17% | 13% |
| Illingworth & Ogden | 79.4 | 84.7 | 102 | 116 | 21% | 21% |
| Savile Park | 79.0 | 82.6 | 92 | 106 | 25% | 21% |
| Pellon West & Highroad Well | 78.0 | 81.3 | 109 | 126 | 34% | 51% |
| Sowerby Bridge | 77.9 | 84.9 | 103 | 114 | 23% | 21% |
| Southowram & Siddal | 76.5 | 83.1 | 134 | 107 | 26% | 26% |
| Wheatley & Ovenden West | 75.9 | 78.9 | 150 | 147 | 28% | 41% |
| Mixenden | 74.0 | 79.0 | 161 | 139 | 30% | 52% |
| Ovenden East | 73.8 | 78.8 | 155 | 166 | 23% | 49% |
| Central Halifax & Boothtown | 72.1 | 77.2 | 190 | 134 | 22% | 37% |
| Pellon East | 70.0 | 74.9 | 227 | 208 | 30% | 63% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Pellon East’s men’s life expectancy is 70.0 with a 95% range of 68.2 to 71.7. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Halifax; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
67% of patients rate Halifax’s 8 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 75th of 85 English towns of 62,000 to 119,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Cross Practice HX1 3LW · 6,957 adult patients | 87% good · range 76%–94% | 36% | 66% | Good2024 |
| The Plane Trees Group Practice HX2 0QL · 7,398 adult patients | 83% good · range 75%–88% | 74% | 86% | Good2024 |
| Beechwood Medical Centre HX2 8AL · 7,931 adult patients | 75% good · range 64%–83% | 74% | 63% | Good2016 |
| The Boulevard Medical Practice HX1 2ES · 13,220 adult patients | 72% good · range 50%–86% | 44% | 71% | Good2023 |
| Woodside Surgery HX3 6EL · 6,348 adult patients | 67% good · range 55%–78% | 58% | 70% | Good2026 |
| Lister Lane Surgery HX1 5AX · 7,144 adult patients | 63% good · range 56%–69% | 43% | 64% | Good2018 |
| Spring Hall Medical Practice HX1 4JG · 22,298 adult patients | 58% good · range 30%–82% | 29% | 66% | Good2024 |
| Keighley Road Surgery HX2 9LL · 8,218 adult patients | 47% good · range 36%–58% | 33% | 63% | Good2016 |
King Cross Practice has the town’s highest rating (87%). Spring Hall Medical Practice is by far the largest, with 22,298 adult patients. You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Halifax when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Men’s life expectancy in Halifax is about what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
37% of Halifax’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 75.9 years for men; Halifax’s is 76.3. For women it predicts 80.3, and Halifax’s 81.1 is 0.8 years above.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Halifax
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
81% of adults in the West Yorkshire area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Halifax).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of West Yorkshire patients who did, 73% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
79% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 130 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Halifax | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 81% | 82% |
| Fair health | 14% | 13% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 8.8% | 7.8% | 7.4% |
West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Halifax’s Health Grade is 69th of 91 UK towns of 62,000 to 119,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Halifax, and others in West Yorkshire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Albans Hertfordshire | 75,544 | 80.7 / 84.6 | 79 | A− |
| 2 | Maidenhead Berkshire | 67,391 | 81.2 / 85.5 | 77 | B+ |
| 3 | Guildford Surrey | 77,870 | 81.4 / 85.5 | 78 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 54 | Wakefield West Yorkshire | 97,871 | 75.9 / 81.3 | 135 | D |
| … | |||||
| 67 | Mansfield Nottinghamshire | 63,448 | 77.0 / 81.2 | 126 | D |
| 68 | Doncaster South Yorkshire | 87,440 | 76.1 / 80.6 | 134 | D |
| 69 | Halifax West Yorkshire | 88,111 | 76.3 / 81.1 | 132 | D |
| 70 | Walsall West Midlands | 70,777 | 76.5 / 81.6 | 132 | D |
| 71 | West Bromwich West Midlands | 103,099 | 76.0 / 81.1 | 140 | D |
| … | |||||
| 76 | Dewsbury West Yorkshire | 63,730 | 75.4 / 79.4 | 147 | D |
| … | |||||
| 91 | Oldham Greater Manchester | 110,722 | 74.0 / 78.2 | 166 | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Halifax
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 88,111 | 76.3 / 81.1 | 1.8 mi | D |
| Sowerby Bridge | 4,483 | 79.2 / 82.4 | 2.8 mi | C− |
| Luddenden Foot | 2,148 | 80.2 / 84.4 | 3.7 mi | C+ |
| Shelf and Northowram | 9,191 | 81.5 / 86.1 | 3.3 mi | B+ |
| Queensbury | 9,707 | 78.7 / 81.0 | 3.6 mi | C− |
| Elland | 15,788 | 77.6 / 81.5 | 1.5 mi | C− |
| Holywell Green and Stainland | 2,799 | 78.2 / 81.5 | 2.3 mi | C |
| Brighouse | 33,159 | 79.2 / 83.3 | 2.8 mi | C |
Shelf and Northowram, 3 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 81.5, 5.2 years longer than Halifax’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Halifax.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Halifax
How healthy is Halifax?
Halifax earns a D for health, healthier than 10% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 69th of 91 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 76.3 for men and 81.1 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 132 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Halifax have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Norton Tower & Mount Tabor (80.8), Skircoat Green (80.0) and Illingworth & Ogden (79.4); the shortest is Pellon East (70.0). For women, Norton Tower & Mount Tabor is highest (85.6) and Pellon East lowest (74.9). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Calderdale Royal Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 84% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 85%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Halifax?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 81% of adults in the West Yorkshire area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
Which GP practice in Halifax do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, King Cross Practice (87% good overall), The Plane Trees Group Practice (83% good overall) and Beechwood Medical Centre (75% good overall). Across all 8 Halifax practices, 67% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Halifax?
76.3 years for men and 81.1 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 60.5 of those years and women 61.6 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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