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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
141
Population
361
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
104
England❚WF2 8BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
53

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
106
Married
103
Separated
11
Divorced
24
Widowed
23

Health

Population
361
Very good
159
Good
115
Fair
60
Bad
20
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚WF2 8BU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
27
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
101

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
319
White Gypsy
5
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
8
Black African
8
Black Other
1
Arab
6

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
324
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Poland
5
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
5
China
2
Pakistan
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
361
Christian
216
Buddhist
1
Muslim
13
No religion
101
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚WF2 8BU❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
15
Unemployed
15
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
62
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
5
Detached
16
Semi detached
111
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
43
Two people
41
Three people
21
Four people
18
Five people
9
Six people
7
Seven 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