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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
130
Population
289
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚WF6 2NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
63
Married
143
Separated
3
Divorced
20
Widowed
22

Health

Population
289
Very good
98
Good
100
Fair
66
Bad
23
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚WF6 2NZ❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
286
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
284
Scotland
3
Wales
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
289
Christian
206
No religion
71
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
115
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
14
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚WF6 2NZ❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
10
Unemployed
10
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
39
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
1
Detached
12
Semi detached
114
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
33
Two people
59
Three people
20
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WF6 2LB WF6 2NA WF6 2LG WF6 2LA WF6 2LE WF6 2LF WF6 2LJ WF6 2LH WF6 2LL WF6 2JY WF6 2JU WF6 2JX WF6 2NP WF6 2JZ WF6 2JQ WF6 2JS WF6 2JR WF6 2JP WF6 2JW WF6 2JL WF6 2JT WF6 2LS WF6 2LN WF6 2LT WF6 2JN WF6 2LR WF6 2LP WF6 2JJ WF6 2LW WF6 2JH WF6 2QF

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