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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wakefield West
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
112
Population
277
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WF2 8AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
65

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
182
Single
92
Married
48
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
13

Health

Population
277
Very good
121
Good
95
Fair
43
Bad
15
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
182
England❚WF2 8AR❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
9
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
242
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
5
Black African
4
Black Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
251
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Italy
2
Poland
8
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
China
2
Pakistan
1
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
277
Christian
119
Muslim
6
Other
1
No religion
132
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
71
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
171
England❚WF2 8AR❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
8
Unemployed
24
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
29
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
64
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
103
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
31
Two people
37
Three people
17
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
3
Seven people
1

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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