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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
132
Population
284
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚WF8 4DJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
86
Married
101
Separated
11
Divorced
30
Widowed
12

Health

Population
284
Very good
125
Good
91
Fair
51
Bad
15
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚WF8 4DJ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
266
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
261
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Romania
2
Kenya
4
Middle East
2
China
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
187
Muslim
3
No religion
74
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
150
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
18
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚WF8 4DJ❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
23
Unemployed
12
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
19
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
27

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
21
Detached
13
Semi detached
24
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
24
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
48
Two people
41
Three people
28
Four people
7
Five people
7
Seven people
1

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