Electoral wardE05016526
Altofts & Whitwood ward, Wakefield
Altofts & Whitwood is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,302 residents in 7,502 households — 1,474 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,302council ward average 16,827
Households7,5022.31 residents per household
Density1,474/ km²about 11.74 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+17.1%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 1,025
5–95.8% · 995
10–156.8% · 1,170
16–193.7% · 644
20–245.3% · 918
25–3415.8% · 2,738
35–4919.8% · 3,422
50–6419.8% · 3,423
65–749.1% · 1,567
75–846.1% · 1,048
85+2.0% · 343
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.0% · 1,501
1 car or van40.0% · 3,004
2 cars or vans31.8% · 2,388
3 or more8.2% · 613
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.6% · 2,224
With mortgage39.1% · 2,936
Shared ownership0.9% · 66
Social rented17.3% · 1,298
Private rented13.0% · 975
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house24.1% · 1,805
Semi-detached house45.0% · 3,374
Terraced house22.9% · 1,715
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 530
Converted house0.5% · 41
Other conversion0.1% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016526- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Normanton and Altofts
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.