Pontefract South

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber

Pontefract South in Wakefield is made up of 2 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) on this site. Their Area Scores range from 11 to 72 out of 100, with typical homes from £177,500 to £230,000.

In summary

Pontefract South contains both ends of the scale: Pontefract South West at 72 out of 100 (#1,883 of 6,856 in England) against Pontefract South East at 12, a 61-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. Median prices range from £177,500 in Pontefract South East to £230,000 in Pontefract South West.

Living here

Typical net household income£36,262a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates

Recorded crime83per 1,000 residents, 12m

Median age (est.)44

Owner-occupied67%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in Pontefract South

£215,000median home sold over the past year · +30.3% over 5 years · -2.8% over the year · 143 sales

Detached£335,000

Semi-detached£205,000

Terraced£151,000

Flat£113,750

Wakefield£205,000

England£300,000

Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Neighbourhood	Nat. rank	Area score	Median price
Pontefract South West	1,883	72	£230,000
Pontefract South East	6,044	12	£177,500

Postcode districts in Pontefract South

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Nearby areas

Towns and places around Pontefract South.

Pontefract North Castleford Normanton Kippax (Leeds) Garforth (Leeds) Wakefield

“Pontefract South” groups neighbourhoods (MSOAs) that share this town or locality name within Wakefield — an orientation aid, not an official boundary. Browse all neighbourhoods in Wakefield.