Lupset

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,727 · 6 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,291 of 6,856 in England
  • #585 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #42 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,386
Median age (est.)36
Density4,282per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above19%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 23%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 53%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 53%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 18%Other: 12%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 18%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 13% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades11%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 42% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Lupset is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,291 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 60 sales), 7% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,525 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 120 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 8 · #6,332
Employment 9 · #6,216
Education 4 · #6,551
Health 6 · #6,428
Crime 3 · #6,620
Housing & access 95 · #313
Living environment 73 · #1,849

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,000600.0%-1.6%
Detached£310,00015+12.3%+14.0%
Semi-detached£188,50030+4.7%+10.9%
Terraced£162,50014-9.7%+26.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£190,000
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)£33,525±£4,848 · #5,490 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,306
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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

120 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,290 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,462 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences783
Theft74
Burglary38
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson112
Public order & weapons119
Drugs39
Robbery7
Other66

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 184 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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