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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
244
Population
516
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
221
England❚WF8 2GN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
63
C2 Skilled manual workers
49
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
80

Age Groups

Population
516
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
34%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
419
Single
209
Married
124
Separated
21
Divorced
49
Widowed
16

Health

Population
516
Very good
240
Good
180
Fair
75
Bad
15
Very bad
49

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
419
England❚WF8 2GN❚
Degree or above
54
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
66
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
68
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
114

Ethnicity

Population
516
White British
462
White Irish
2
White Other
26
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
5
Black African
6
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
516
England
459
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Lithuania
4
Poland
20
Nigeria
7
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
China
1
India
3
Philippines
4
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
516
Christian
316
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
164
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
297
Mining
1
Manufacturing
44
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
10
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
61
Transport and storage
21
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
16
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
408
England❚WF8 2GN❚
Full-Time employee
212
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
24
Unemployed
24
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
244
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
42
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
94
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
263
Occupied
244
Unoccupied
19
Detached
18
Semi detached
75
Terraced
54
Flat - purpose built
112
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
244
One person
85
Two people
96
Three people
31
Four people
20
Five people
7
Six people
4
Seven 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