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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
335
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚WF6 2RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
61
Married
175
Separated
7
Divorced
20
Widowed
17

Health

Population
335
Very good
157
Good
117
Fair
40
Bad
17
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
England❚WF6 2RB❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
326
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Chinese
4

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
321
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
245
No religion
62
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
176
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
16
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
247
England❚WF6 2RB❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
2
Detached
79
Semi detached
43
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
21
Two people
52
Three people
23
Four people
21
Five people
9
Six people
2

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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