Pontefract North East

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,102 · 5 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,007 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #14 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,812
Median age (est.)39
Density2,186per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 22%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%

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 51% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Pontefract North East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,007 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Health (33). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 165 sales), in line with the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #595 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,952 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 83 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 · #3,001
Employment 52 · #3,261
Education 41 · #4,043
Health 33 · #4,577
Crime 40 · #4,125
Housing & access 71 · #1,986
Living environment 90 · #697

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +9.4% yr · n=165
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000165+9.4%+27.3%
Detached£304,25054+6.9%+23.6%
Semi-detached£185,00089+2.8%+23.3%
Terraced£180,00021+10.8%+33.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£210,000
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)£38,952±£5,483 · #3,727 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,214
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

83 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 843 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,248 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences463
Theft128
Burglary26
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons76
Drugs12
Robbery10
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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