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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
129
Population
325
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚WF6 2LG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
270
Single
65
Married
167
Separated
5
Divorced
18
Widowed
15

Health

Population
325
Very good
149
Good
107
Fair
53
Bad
13
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
270
England❚WF6 2LG❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
29
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
315
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
308
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
6
Germany
1
Poland
3

Religion

Population
325
Christian
227
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
158
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
12
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚WF6 2LG❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
24
Unemployed
8
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
3
Detached
19
Semi detached
95
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
23
Two people
51
Three people
26
Four people
24
Five people
4
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