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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
128
Population
253
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚WF6 2QP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
253
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
213
Single
59
Married
86
Separated
9
Divorced
34
Widowed
25

Health

Population
253
Very good
90
Good
84
Fair
56
Bad
18
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
213
England❚WF6 2QP❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
253
White British
241
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
253
England
243
Scotland
1
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Middle East
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
253
Christian
175
Muslim
7
No religion
53
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
120
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
175
England❚WF6 2QP❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
15
Unemployed
6
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
40
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
4
Detached
10
Semi detached
69
Terraced
51
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
57
Two people
37
Three people
17
Four people
14
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

WF6 2TF WF6 2TG WF6 2PB WF6 2JG WF6 2QR WF6 2QX WF6 2QU

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