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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
124
Population
314
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚WF8 2BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
246
Single
91
Married
97
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
25

Health

Population
314
Very good
122
Good
111
Fair
50
Bad
26
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
246
England❚WF8 2BJ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
95

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
295
White Other
9
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
289
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Germany
1
Poland
6
Romania
1
Ghana
5
Philippines
1
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
314
Christian
218
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
67
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
11
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚WF8 2BJ❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
10
Unemployed
14
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
37
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
116
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
33
Two people
36
Three people
27
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
3
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