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Administrative Areas

Ward
Altofts and Whitwood
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
142
Population
317
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚WF6 2FZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
76
Married
128
Separated
8
Divorced
33
Widowed
17

Health

Population
317
Very good
161
Good
102
Fair
36
Bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚WF6 2FZ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
297
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Pakistani
7

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
6
Pakistan
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
317
Christian
208
Buddhist
1
Muslim
7
No religion
81
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
184
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
28
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
13
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚WF6 2FZ❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
27
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
69
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
6
Detached
46
Semi detached
41
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
46
Two people
51
Three people
21
Four people
15
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WF10 5QS

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