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Administrative Areas

Ward
Pontefract North
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
181
Population
497
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
176
England❚WF8 2YH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
43
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
63
C2 Skilled manual workers
44
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
497
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
378
Single
99
Married
227
Separated
10
Divorced
39
Widowed
3

Health

Population
497
Very good
295
Good
152
Fair
37
Bad
12
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
378
England❚WF8 2YH❚
Degree or above
68
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
66
Apprenticeship
97
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
497
White British
467
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
497
England
476
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
2
Ghana
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
497
Christian
376
Buddhist
5
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
83
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
316
Mining
2
Manufacturing
40
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
8
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
50
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
20
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
20
Human health and social work
48

Economic Activity

Population
377
England❚WF8 2YH❚
Full-Time employee
207
Part-Time employee
60
Self employed
38
Unemployed
7
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
181
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
137
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
19

Housing Types

All categoies
183
Occupied
181
Unoccupied
2
Detached
130
Semi detached
39
Terraced
13
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
181
One person
21
Two people
68
Three people
41
Four people
41
Five people
8
Six people
1
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