Alverthorpe & Flanshaw

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,157 · 6 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,091 of 6,856 in England
  • #440 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #24 of 45 in Wakefield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,051
Median age (est.)38
Density2,572per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above22%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 24%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional14%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 40% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Alverthorpe & Flanshaw is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,091 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (87) but weak on Crime (18). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,605 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 117 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 27 · #5,030
Employment 27 · #5,002
Education 20 · #5,509
Health 19 · #5,537
Crime 18 · #5,626
Housing & access 87 · #910
Living environment 40 · #4,104

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +11.7% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,000105+11.7%+29.0%
Detached£287,50020-7.1%+19.8%
Semi-detached£215,00041+17.8%+43.3%
Terraced£160,00038+14.3%+33.3%
Flat£110,0006
This area£200,000
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)£36,605±£5,242 · #4,495 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,627
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

117 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,189 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,393 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences578
Theft256
Burglary39
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons103
Drugs35
Robbery11
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 141 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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