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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
137
Population
310
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚WF2 8LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
272
Single
42
Married
184
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
20

Health

Population
310
Very good
128
Good
109
Fair
62
Bad
10
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
272
England❚WF2 8LF❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
298
White Irish
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Arab
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
290
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
India
4
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
241
Muslim
4
Sikh
2
No religion
47
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
20
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚WF2 8LF❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
20
Unemployed
4
Retired
66
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
88
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
5
Detached
81
Semi detached
59
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
28
Two people
72
Three people
16
Four people
15
Five people
6

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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