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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
133
Population
322
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚WF10 5NQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
62
Married
144
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
22

Health

Population
322
Very good
147
Good
100
Fair
60
Bad
13
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚WF10 5NQ❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
320
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
314
Scotland
4
Germany
1
Poland
1
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
238
Buddhist
1
No religion
65
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
13
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚WF10 5NQ❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
12
Unemployed
10
Retired
67
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
107
Terraced
23

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
28
Two people
52
Three people
29
Four people
18
Five people
5
Six people
1

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