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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
120
Population
319
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚WF8 2BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
69
Married
160
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
17
Widowed
16

Health

Population
319
Very good
139
Good
114
Fair
48
Bad
13
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚WF8 2BU❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
308
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
308
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
France
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
201
Buddhist
1
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
164
Mining
3
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
15
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚WF8 2BU❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
15
Unemployed
9
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
1
Detached
31
Semi detached
84
Terraced
6

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
20
Two people
44
Three people
23
Four people
25
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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