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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
224
Population
509
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
174
England❚WF10 5LW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
53
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
58

Age Groups

Population
509
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
428
Single
163
Married
196
Separated
18
Divorced
38
Widowed
13

Health

Population
509
Very good
217
Good
179
Fair
81
Bad
29
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
428
England❚WF10 5LW❚
Degree or above
54
2+ A Levels or equivalent
30
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
68
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
74
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
101

Ethnicity

Population
509
White British
492
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
509
England
488
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
South Africa
1
India
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
509
Christian
338
Hindu
2
Muslim
2
Other
2
No religion
138
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
291
Mining
2
Manufacturing
40
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
67
Transport and storage
23
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
18
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
403
England❚WF10 5LW❚
Full-Time employee
212
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
15
Unemployed
14
Retired
64
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
224
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
108
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
45
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
234
Occupied
224
Unoccupied
10
Detached
50
Semi detached
58
Terraced
104
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
224
One person
50
Two people
106
Three people
35
Four people
25
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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