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Administrative Areas

Ward
Featherstone
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Hemsworth
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
226
Population
607
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
194
England❚WF7 6GA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
51
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
61

Age Groups

Population
607
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
458
Single
176
Married
208
Separated
19
Divorced
42
Widowed
13

Health

Population
607
Very good
287
Good
207
Fair
69
Bad
35
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
458
England❚WF7 6GA❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
71
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
74
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
138

Ethnicity

Population
607
White British
571
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
3
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
607
England
568
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Spain
2
Poland
3
Kenya
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
4

Religion

Population
607
Christian
389
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
No religion
178
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
273
Manufacturing
38
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
6
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
34
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
45
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
16
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
440
England❚WF7 6GA❚
Full-Time employee
178
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
37
Unemployed
31
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
27
Long-term sick/disabled
32
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
226
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
93
Rented - council
62
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
236
Occupied
226
Unoccupied
10
Detached
69
Semi detached
71
Terraced
79
Flat - purpose built
17

Household Size

All categoies
226
One person
49
Two people
74
Three people
43
Four people
44
Five people
9
Six people
4
Seven people
3

Nearby postcodes

WF7 6DJ WF7 6DG WF7 6DN WF7 6DP WF7 6DS WF7 6BY WF7 6BX WF7 6DB

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