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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
306
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚WF6 2LW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
75
Married
128
Separated
7
Divorced
25
Widowed
25

Health

Population
306
Very good
138
Good
109
Fair
40
Bad
15
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚WF6 2LW❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
294
White Other
7
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
293
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Poland
6
Hong Kong
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
242
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
No religion
50
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
156
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚WF6 2LW❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
14
Unemployed
8
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
26
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
95
Terraced
9
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
36
Two people
47
Three people
15
Four people
25
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