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Administrative Areas

Ward
Pontefract North
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
215
Population
556
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
190
England❚WF8 1RW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
44
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
64
C2 Skilled manual workers
45
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
556
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
424
Single
117
Married
258
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
32
Widowed
10

Health

Population
556
Very good
306
Good
170
Fair
62
Bad
14
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
424
England❚WF8 1RW❚
Degree or above
61
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
79
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
111
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
556
White British
537
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
2
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
556
England
533
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Romania
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
556
Christian
398
Muslim
1
No religion
129
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
318
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
39
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
50
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
33
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
410
England❚WF8 1RW❚
Full-Time employee
225
Part-Time employee
65
Self employed
21
Unemployed
14
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
215
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
145
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
218
Occupied
215
Unoccupied
3
Detached
96
Semi detached
94
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
215
One person
31
Two people
84
Three people
50
Four people
43
Five people
7

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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