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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
181
Population
491
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
157
England❚WF2 8PQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
51
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
491
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
368
Single
115
Married
203
Civil partnership
3
Separated
11
Divorced
28
Widowed
8

Health

Population
491
Very good
273
Good
177
Fair
26
Bad
10
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
368
England❚WF2 8PQ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
132
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
491
White British
417
White Other
25
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
17
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
1
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
491
England
431
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
1
France
1
Poland
12
Nigeria
2
South Africa
3
Middle East
4
China
2
Hong Kong
3
India
5
Pakistan
7
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
491
Christian
280
Hindu
7
Jewish
1
Muslim
23
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
159
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
274
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
15
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
30
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
354
England❚WF2 8PQ❚
Full-Time employee
191
Part-Time employee
53
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
181
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
94
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
186
Occupied
181
Unoccupied
5
Detached
86
Semi detached
41
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
29

Household Size

All categoies
181
One person
40
Two people
49
Three people
37
Four people
39
Five people
11
Six people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

WF2 8PY WF2 7AS WF2 7AZ WF2 7AN WF2 7AX WF2 7AJ WF2 7AH

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