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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
135
Population
310
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚WF8 2HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
89
Married
70
Separated
13
Divorced
38
Widowed
22

Health

Population
310
Very good
112
Good
121
Fair
42
Bad
31
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚WF8 2HG❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
15
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
120

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
303
White Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
295
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Germany
2
Italy
1
Zimbabwe
2
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
164
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
116
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
99
Mining
1
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
201
England❚WF8 2HG❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
10
Unemployed
25
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
70
Rented - other social
24
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
4
Detached
3
Semi detached
74
Terraced
61
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
51
Two people
36
Three people
21
Four people
17
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