Normanton West

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,841 · 6 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,907 of 6,856 in England
  • #525 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #34 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,666
Median age (est.)40
Density947per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above19%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 31%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Process & plant 13% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,907 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (66) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £160,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 83 sales), 22% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,337 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 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 19 · #5,537
Employment 16 · #5,749
Education 8 · #6,339
Health 11 · #6,078
Crime 4 · #6,545
Housing & access 66 · #2,349
Living environment 47 · #3,624

House prices ?

£160,000median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£160,00083-3.0%+29.6%
Detached£280,0009-11.1%+32.0%
Semi-detached£169,50035-2.4%+33.5%
Terraced£147,00037+8.9%+30.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£160,000
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)£32,337±£4,593 · #5,867 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,894
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,130 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,335 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences589
Theft193
Burglary35
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson96
Public order & weapons101
Drugs22
Robbery12
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 100 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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