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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
131
Population
296
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚WF6 2JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
93
Married
103
Separated
10
Divorced
22
Widowed
11

Health

Population
296
Very good
160
Good
91
Fair
35
Bad
8
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚WF6 2JU❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
285
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
279
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Poland
2
South Africa
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
296
Christian
176
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
76
Not stated
41

Industry

Population
181
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
15
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚WF6 2JU❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
75
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
20
Detached
12
Semi detached
13
Terraced
113
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
42
Two people
43
Three people
23
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
1

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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