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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
158
Population
355
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚WF8 2GA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
355
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
56
Married
200
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
18
Widowed
21

Health

Population
355
Very good
144
Good
147
Fair
48
Bad
11
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚WF8 2GA❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
27
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
355
White British
328
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Pakistani
6
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
355
England
334
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Poland
9

Religion

Population
355
Christian
271
Buddhist
1
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
51
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
180
Mining
2
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
283
England❚WF8 2GA❚
Full-Time employee
103
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
26
Unemployed
4
Retired
73
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
158
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
162
Occupied
158
Unoccupied
4
Detached
67
Semi detached
73
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
158
One person
30
Two people
83
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
3
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