Electoral wardE05016525
Airedale & Ferry Fryston ward, Wakefield
Airedale & Ferry Fryston is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,406 residents in 7,617 households — 2,088 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,406council ward average 16,827
Households7,6172.42 residents per household
Density2,088/ km²about 8.82 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+17.4%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 1,179
5–96.6% · 1,208
10–157.9% · 1,456
16–194.2% · 776
20–245.2% · 957
25–3413.9% · 2,553
35–4917.7% · 3,266
50–6420.7% · 3,807
65–7410.1% · 1,857
75–845.4% · 1,002
85+1.9% · 352
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 1,929
1 car or van40.9% · 3,116
2 cars or vans25.7% · 1,957
3 or more8.1% · 615
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 2,267
With mortgage28.3% · 2,152
Shared ownership0.6% · 43
Social rented32.9% · 2,503
Private rented8.4% · 637
Lives rent free0.1% · 10
Type of home
Detached house19.3% · 1,473
Semi-detached house63.6% · 4,846
Terraced house11.5% · 877
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 360
Converted house0.6% · 44
Above shop / office0.2% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016525- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 21
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.