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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
132
Population
251
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚WF2 8GL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
251
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
89
Married
57
Separated
15
Divorced
34
Widowed
16

Health

Population
251
Very good
91
Good
84
Fair
50
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚WF2 8GL❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
13
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
251
White British
227
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
5
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
251
England
226
Scotland
4
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Portugal
2
Poland
5
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
3
Hong Kong
1
India
2

Religion

Population
251
Christian
153
Hindu
3
No religion
75
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
96
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
14
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
185
England❚WF2 8GL❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
6
Unemployed
27
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
8
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
18

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
78
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
5
Detached
2
Semi detached
26
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
47

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
56
Two people
45
Three people
21
Four people
8
Five 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