Normanton East

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,966 · 4 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,254 of 6,856 in England
  • #285 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #15 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,914
Median age (est.)40
Density1,615per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 15%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary15%
Associate professional14%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Normanton East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,254 of 6,856 in England, and #15 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (80) and lowest on Education (31). Typical homes here sold for about £208,750 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 116 sales), in line with the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #743 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,621 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 56 · #3,049
Employment 48 · #3,542
Education 31 · #4,721
Health 34 · #4,488
Crime 48 · #3,542
Housing & access 80 · #1,355
Living environment 68 · #2,219

House prices ?

£208,750median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,750116-1.9%+8.7%
Detached£320,00032+4.9%+22.8%
Semi-detached£207,50038-5.7%+10.4%
Terraced£165,50042+27.3%+42.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£208,750
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)£36,621±£5,184 · #4,490 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,113
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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 568 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,622 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft104
Burglary41
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons52
Drugs22
Robbery2
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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