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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
125
Population
286
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚WF8 2QZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
286
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
61
Married
117
Separated
7
Divorced
23
Widowed
20

Health

Population
286
Very good
135
Good
77
Fair
55
Bad
12
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚WF8 2QZ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
286
White British
275
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
286
England
273
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Poland
4
South Africa
4
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
286
Christian
216
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
No religion
57
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
123
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
15
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚WF8 2QZ❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
12
Unemployed
9
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
3
Detached
8
Semi detached
119
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
40
Two people
43
Three people
17
Four people
19
Five people
3
Six people
3

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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