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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
134
Population
310
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚WF2 8YL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
86
Married
92
Separated
13
Divorced
39
Widowed
44

Health

Population
310
Very good
116
Good
88
Fair
79
Bad
18
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚WF2 8YL❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
111

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
278
White Irish
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Other
1
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
274
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
10
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
197
Jewish
2
Other
1
No religion
85
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
123
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚WF2 8YL❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
10
Unemployed
16
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
30
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
57
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
70
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
66
Two people
37
Three people
14
Four people
8
Five people
7
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

WF2 8FT WF2 8UF WF2 8JD WF2 8FN WF2 8FP WF2 8AD WF2 8AE WF2 8AB

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