Outwood East

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,167 · 4 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,048 of 6,856 in England
  • #161 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #7 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,147
Median age (est.)43
Density1,668per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 30%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 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

Outwood East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,048 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (81) and lowest on Health (37). Typical homes here, about £245,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 83 sales), 20% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,213 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 81 · #1,314
Employment 67 · #2,247
Education 67 · #2,260
Health 37 · #4,310
Crime 56 · #2,994
Housing & access 47 · #3,604
Living environment 72 · #1,945

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,00083+4.3%+41.4%
Detached£342,50030+7.7%+33.5%
Semi-detached£218,25038-4.7%+33.1%
Terraced£219,95015+31.3%+49.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£245,000
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)£40,213±£5,687 · #3,363 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,557
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 219 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #857 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft11
Burglary11
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson12
Public order & weapons21
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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