Streethouse & Sharlston Common

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 12,170 · 8 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,324 of 6,856 in England
  • #365 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #20 of 45 in Wakefield
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,903
Median age (est.)39
Density752per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 18%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · 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

Streethouse & Sharlston Common is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (52) and lowest on Health (18). Typical homes here, about £207,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 182 sales), in line with the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,829 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,531 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 114 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 43 · #3,933
Employment 37 · #4,344
Education 31 · #4,714
Health 18 · #5,640
Crime 48 · #3,535
Housing & access 52 · #3,323
Living environment 52 · #3,282

House prices ?

£207,500median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,500182-2.4%+29.7%
Detached£317,50060+5.8%+29.6%
Semi-detached£206,00061-1.9%+29.2%
Terraced£130,00060-7.1%+44.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£207,500
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)£36,531±£5,132 · #4,526 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,111
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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,382 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,306 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences634
Theft74
Burglary31
Vehicle crime87
Criminal damage & arson98
Public order & weapons253
Drugs140
Robbery3
Other62

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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