Agbrigg & Belle Isle

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,144 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,147 of 6,856 in England
  • #561 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #39 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,987
Median age (est.)35
Density2,101per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above23%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 13%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 28%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 23% · Process & plant 14% · Professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary23%
Process & plant14%
Professional11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 16%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 73%Asian 16%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · No religion 34% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 30%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Agbrigg & Belle Isle is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,147 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #39 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (83) but weak on Education (4). Typical homes here, about £175,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 74% in five years (from 100 sales), 15% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,763 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 184 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 13 · #5,941
Employment 15 · #5,797
Education 4 · #6,579
Health 13 · #5,955
Crime 4 · #6,545
Housing & access 83 · #1,143
Living environment 22 · #5,338

House prices ?

£175,250median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,250100+1.9%+73.5%
Detached£335,00016-13.5%+90.3%
Semi-detached£232,50028+2.0%+72.2%
Terraced£140,00043+7.7%+50.5%
Flat£90,00013-23.4%+15.4%
This area£175,250
Wakefield£205,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,763±£4,368 · #6,252 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,387
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

184 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,678 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,119 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences833
Theft187
Burglary92
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson144
Public order & weapons166
Drugs97
Robbery26
Other60

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 143 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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