Electoral wardE05016527
Castleford Central & Glasshoughton ward, Wakefield
Castleford Central & Glasshoughton is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,808 residents in 7,341 households — 2,649 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,808council ward average 16,827
Households7,3412.15 residents per household
Density2,649/ km²about 5.97 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+16.9%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 901
5–95.0% · 791
10–156.0% · 945
16–193.3% · 516
20–245.6% · 892
25–3416.8% · 2,663
35–4919.3% · 3,047
50–6421.4% · 3,379
65–749.3% · 1,465
75–845.7% · 900
85+2.0% · 314
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.9% · 2,046
1 car or van44.4% · 3,262
2 cars or vans22.9% · 1,679
3 or more4.8% · 355
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright30.6% · 2,245
With mortgage31.9% · 2,336
Shared ownership0.5% · 33
Social rented13.4% · 981
Private rented23.7% · 1,735
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house10.5% · 773
Semi-detached house26.9% · 1,970
Terraced house48.8% · 3,580
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 771
Converted house1.6% · 117
Other conversion0.7% · 48
Above shop / office0.8% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016527- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 3 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.