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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
140
Population
383
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚WF2 8BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
55

Age Groups

Population
383
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
105
Married
106
Separated
8
Divorced
37
Widowed
13

Health

Population
383
Very good
176
Good
131
Fair
54
Bad
16
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚WF2 8BA❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
383
White British
350
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Other
5
Asian Other
2
Black African
13
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
383
England
344
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Italy
1
Portugal
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
10
Middle East
2
South America
7
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
383
Christian
229
Buddhist
3
Muslim
5
Other
5
No religion
113
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
152
Manufacturing
14
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
256
England❚WF2 8BA❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
27
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
21
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
8
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
61
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
4
Detached
7
Semi detached
126
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
33
Two people
37
Three people
28
Four people
21
Five people
18
Six people
3

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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