10 important facts
Area insights about Wakefield, local authority district
Income
View »Includes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 2/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View »Composed of non-deprived areas by 39%
Professional occupations
View »Low % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 3/10
Residents with degrees
View »Low % of residents are degree-educated or similar 2/10
Crime
View »High crime rate 7/10
Demographics
View »- Main ethnic group
- White British 88%
- Main religion
- Christian 49%
- Main age band
- Aged 40 to 59 27%
- Main household type
- One-person household 30%
Wakefield (LAD)
Average for Yorkshire and The Humber
Noise
View »- 40.5% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View »The area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Cross Country
- Chiltern Railways
- Grand Central
- LNER
- Northern Rail
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
Schools
View »143 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 16 schools or 11%
- Good: 105 schools or 73%
- Primary schools: 119 (11 Outstanding, 90 Good)
- Secondary schools: 23 (3 Outstanding, 13 Good)
- State-funded: 134 schools or 94%
- Private: 6 schools or 4%
Flood risk
View »Contains areas that are at risk of flood
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