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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
145
Population
388
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚WF8 2SY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
388
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
285
Single
99
Married
132
Separated
5
Divorced
34
Widowed
15

Health

Population
388
Very good
161
Good
126
Fair
74
Bad
22
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
285
England❚WF8 2SY❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
112

Ethnicity

Population
388
White British
373
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
8
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
388
England
372
Scotland
2
Wales
1
France
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
South Africa
2
Pakistan
3
Philippines
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
388
Christian
217
Muslim
8
No religion
137
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
137
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
8
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚WF8 2SY❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
13
Unemployed
20
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
50
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
3
Detached
17
Semi detached
73
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
24
Two people
53
Three people
30
Four people
26
Five people
9
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