11 important facts
Area insights about Wakefield, local authority district
Locals say
Read more reviews4.9 • Lovely street, shame the council have let Wakefield slide
Artemis1, May 5 2025
Welbeck Street, WF1 5LD
Welbeck street feels like a lovely community oasis between two horribly busy roads and near some not-so-nice areas. Neighbours here are really friendly and there’s a community...
Data says
Income
View allView income on mapIncludes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 2/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View allView deprivation domainsComposed of non-deprived areas by 39%
Professional occupations
View allView full breakdown & mapLow % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 3/10
Residents with degrees
View allView full breakdown & mapLow % of residents are degree-educated or similar 2/10
Medium crime rate 6/10
Demographics
View allView full breakdown & map- Main ethnic group
- White British 88%
- Main religion
- Christian 49%
- Main age band
- Aged 40 to 59 27%
- Main household type
- People living alone 30%
Wakefield (LAD)
Average for Yorkshire and The Humber
Noise
View allView noise on map- 40.5% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View allView connectivity mapThe 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
142 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 20 schools or 14%
- Good: 101 schools or 71%
- Primary schools: 118 (16 Outstanding, 83 Good)
- Secondary schools: 22 (2 Outstanding, 15 Good)
- State-funded: 131 schools or 92%
- Private: 5 schools or 4%
Flood risk
View allView flood riskContains areas that are at risk of flood