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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
213
Population
534
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
183
England❚WF10 5TY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
57
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
63

Age Groups

Population
534
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
394
Single
117
Married
186
Civil partnership
1
Separated
14
Divorced
52
Widowed
24

Health

Population
534
Very good
259
Good
156
Fair
78
Bad
21
Very bad
52

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
394
England❚WF10 5TY❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
57
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
534
White British
491
White Irish
3
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
9
Asian Chinese
9
Black African
6
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
534
England
493
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Portugal
4
Poland
6
Zimbabwe
6
China
2
Hong Kong
5
India
4

Religion

Population
534
Christian
300
Buddhist
4
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
8
Other
2
No religion
185
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
253
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
50
Transport and storage
18
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
15
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
377
England❚WF10 5TY❚
Full-Time employee
162
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
36
Unemployed
21
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
213
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
93
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
58
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
221
Occupied
213
Unoccupied
8
Detached
66
Semi detached
106
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
213
One person
53
Two people
75
Three people
35
Four people
33
Five people
11
Six people
4
Seven people
1
Eight or over
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