Walton, Woolley & Bretton

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,307 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,554 of 6,856 in England
  • #119 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #2 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,279
Median age (est.)50
Density166per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

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 56% · No religion 37% · Muslim 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

Walton, Woolley & Bretton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,554 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (89) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here, about £363,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 65% in five years (from 97 sales), 77% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,218 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 89 · #752
Employment 74 · #1,753
Education 86 · #978
Health 58 · #2,863
Crime 61 · #2,678
Housing & access 28 · #4,913
Living environment 53 · #3,193

House prices ?

£363,000median (12m) · +35.4% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£363,00097+35.4%+65.0%
Detached£479,05847-2.7%+29.5%
Semi-detached£250,00024+12.7%+19.6%
Terraced£265,00014+26.2%+37.7%
Flat£151,00012-12.7%
This area£363,000
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)£44,218±£6,269 · #2,265 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,233
Price-to-income ?8.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,290 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences88
Theft24
Burglary19
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons31
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 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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