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Administrative Areas

Ward
Altofts and Whitwood
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
162
Population
344
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚WF10 5GP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
344
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
71
Married
155
Separated
9
Divorced
31
Widowed
25

Health

Population
344
Very good
142
Good
103
Fair
69
Bad
28
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚WF10 5GP❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
99

Ethnicity

Population
344
White British
335
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
344
England
335
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Poland
5

Religion

Population
344
Christian
262
No religion
56
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
150
Mining
1
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
252
England❚WF10 5GP❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
12
Unemployed
13
Retired
65
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
162
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
37
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
162
Unoccupied
5
Detached
18
Semi detached
122
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
162
One person
57
Two people
60
Three people
20
Four people
18
Five people
7

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019