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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
126
Population
293
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚WF6 2PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
293
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
51
Married
169
Divorced
15
Widowed
19

Health

Population
293
Very good
112
Good
111
Fair
52
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚WF6 2PU❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
293
White British
284
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Pakistani
2

Country of Birth

Population
293
England
278
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Poland
2
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
293
Christian
235
Muslim
5
No religion
33
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
137
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
17
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚WF6 2PU❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
60
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
107
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
25
Two people
57
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
2
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