Wrenthorpe & Kirkhamgate

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,025 · 5 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,849 of 6,856 in England
  • #144 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #4 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,955
Median age (est.)47
Density1,402per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above31%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · 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

Wrenthorpe & Kirkhamgate is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,849 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (77) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 108 sales), 22% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,272 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 74 · #1,815
Employment 63 · #2,562
Education 60 · #2,747
Health 42 · #4,008
Crime 71 · #1,965
Housing & access 76 · #1,643
Living environment 77 · #1,561

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +12.4% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000108+12.4%+13.3%
Detached£370,00035-1.3%+18.6%
Semi-detached£245,00053+13.3%+31.7%
Terraced£177,00012+5.4%+16.4%
Flat£109,2508
This area£250,000
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)£39,272±£5,514 · #3,633 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,712
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 514 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,135 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences266
Theft67
Burglary17
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons41
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 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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