Castleford West

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,994 · 5 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,578 of 6,856 in England
  • #485 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #27 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,754
Median age (est.)39
Density3,566per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above19%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 27%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 11%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Castleford West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,578 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (9). Typical homes here sold for about £173,750 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 118 sales), 15% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,662 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 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 25 · #5,112
Employment 17 · #5,660
Education 15 · #5,804
Health 9 · #6,216
Crime 10 · #6,188
Housing & access 84 · #1,115
Living environment 48 · #3,528

House prices ?

£173,750median (12m) · -7.6% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£173,750118-7.6%+12.1%
Detached£250,00021-15.3%+13.7%
Semi-detached£175,00043-7.9%+20.7%
Terraced£140,00049-3.4%+8.7%
Flat£105,0005+10.5%
This area£173,750
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)£32,662±£4,633 · #5,783 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,133
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 958 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,791 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences480
Theft125
Burglary43
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson76
Public order & weapons86
Drugs24
Robbery15
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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