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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
122
Population
310
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚WF8 2AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
49

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
82
Married
102
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
27
Widowed
15

Health

Population
310
Very good
118
Good
121
Fair
48
Bad
14
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚WF8 2AJ❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
11
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
105

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
304
White Gypsy
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
297
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Portugal
1
Hong Kong
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
310
Christian
220
No religion
55
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚WF8 2AJ❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
8
Unemployed
15
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
56
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
80
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
32
Two people
34
Three people
31
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

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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