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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
125
Population
302
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WF6 2JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
44
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
302
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
88
Married
111
Separated
8
Divorced
21
Widowed
21

Health

Population
302
Very good
131
Good
116
Fair
41
Bad
13
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚WF6 2JW❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
302
White British
297
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
302
England
295
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
India
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
302
Christian
198
Buddhist
2
No religion
79
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
170
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
15
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚WF6 2JW❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
18
Unemployed
13
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
6
Detached
5
Semi detached
23
Terraced
102
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
33
Two people
46
Three people
22
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
2

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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