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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
129
Population
291
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 2ER❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
76
Married
98
Separated
5
Divorced
37
Widowed
20

Health

Population
291
Very good
114
Good
99
Fair
53
Bad
20
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚WF8 2ER❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
109

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
288
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
284
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Germany
2
Poland
2

Religion

Population
291
Christian
189
Other
2
No religion
82
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
130
Mining
2
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚WF8 2ER❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
13
Unemployed
8
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
53
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
5
Semi detached
30
Terraced
95
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
34
Two people
54
Three people
22
Four people
13
Five people
5
Six people
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