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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
127
Population
298
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚WF6 2QE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
48
Married
166
Separated
2
Divorced
17
Widowed
23

Health

Population
298
Very good
118
Good
114
Fair
52
Bad
13
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚WF6 2QE❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
297
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
286
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
298
Christian
236
No religion
41
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
10
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚WF6 2QE❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
24
Unemployed
1
Retired
67
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
10
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
15
Semi detached
108
Terraced
5

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
31
Two people
57
Three people
13
Four people
17
Five people
8
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