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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
138
Population
300
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚WF8 2RD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
300
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
73
Married
117
Separated
1
Divorced
31
Widowed
27

Health

Population
300
Very good
115
Good
101
Fair
52
Bad
25
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚WF8 2RD❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
90

Ethnicity

Population
300
White British
286
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
300
England
281
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Italy
1
Romania
1
India
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
300
Christian
219
Hindu
4
No religion
66
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
120
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
13
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚WF8 2RD❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
13
Unemployed
12
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
40
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
116
Terraced
17

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
50
Two people
46
Three people
21
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
2
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