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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
114
Population
237
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚WF6 2JJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
237
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
204
Single
87
Married
72
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
14

Health

Population
237
Very good
100
Good
80
Fair
41
Bad
12
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
204
England❚WF6 2JJ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
237
White British
223
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
237
England
223
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Germany
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
Zimbabwe
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
237
Christian
137
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
No religion
76
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
192
England❚WF6 2JJ❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
11
Unemployed
6
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
7
Detached
5
Semi detached
28
Terraced
81
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
40
Two people
46
Three people
12
Four people
16

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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