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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
121
Population
285
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚WF6 2JL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
70
Married
130
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
16

Health

Population
285
Very good
124
Good
87
Fair
41
Bad
26
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚WF6 2JL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
270
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
2
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
269
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
India
3

Religion

Population
285
Christian
195
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
No religion
65
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
131
Mining
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
11
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚WF6 2JL❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
26
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
3
Detached
23
Semi detached
71
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
35
Two people
41
Three people
18
Four people
21
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