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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
367
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚WF8 2SZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
60

Age Groups

Population
367
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
286
Single
101
Married
124
Separated
5
Divorced
40
Widowed
16

Health

Population
367
Very good
143
Good
127
Fair
58
Bad
27
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
286
England❚WF8 2SZ❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
14
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
121

Ethnicity

Population
367
White British
355
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
367
England
354
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Lithuania
3
Poland
5

Religion

Population
367
Christian
252
Other
1
No religion
90
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
155
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
265
England❚WF8 2SZ❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
4
Unemployed
13
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
53
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
4
Detached
11
Semi detached
81
Terraced
57

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
27
Two people
62
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
12
Six people
2

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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