Ryhill & South Hiendley

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,383 · 4 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,852 of 6,856 in England
  • #516 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #31 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,297
Median age (est.)44
Density538per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 22%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Ryhill & South Hiendley is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,852 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (69) but weak on Education (9). Typical homes here, about £182,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 55% in five years (from 64 sales), 11% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,687 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,153
Employment 14 · #5,893
Education 9 · #6,229
Health 11 · #6,078
Crime 21 · #5,420
Housing & access 14 · #5,914
Living environment 69 · #2,144

House prices ?

£182,500median (12m) · +16.6% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£182,50064+16.6%+54.7%
Detached£250,00017+5.3%+38.9%
Semi-detached£180,00029+15.4%+52.5%
Terraced£130,00017-1.9%+30.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£182,500
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)£31,687±£4,530 · #6,031 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,332
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 439 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,447 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft15
Burglary30
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons38
Drugs7
Robbery4
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 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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