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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
140
Population
350
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚WF6 2QJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
63
Married
180
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
17

Health

Population
350
Very good
165
Good
129
Fair
47
Bad
8
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚WF6 2QJ❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
342
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
326
Scotland
7
Wales
8
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
1

Religion

Population
350
Christian
250
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
74
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
177
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
16
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
272
England❚WF6 2QJ❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
73
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
2
Detached
71
Semi detached
61
Terraced
10

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
25
Two people
58
Three people
29
Four people
19
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