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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
125
Population
287
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WF6 2RZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
41
Married
154
Separated
1
Divorced
22
Widowed
16

Health

Population
287
Very good
132
Good
101
Fair
38
Bad
13
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚WF6 2RZ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
282
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
279
Scotland
4
Poland
1
Middle East
1
India
2

Religion

Population
287
Christian
214
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
44
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
13
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚WF6 2RZ❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
14
Unemployed
4
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
86
Semi detached
38
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
27
Two people
58
Three people
22
Four people
12
Five people
6

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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