Electoral wardE05016528
Crofton, Ryhill & Walton ward, Wakefield
Crofton, Ryhill & Walton is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,314 residents in 6,621 households — 371 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,314council ward average 16,827
Households6,6212.31 residents per household
Density371/ km²about 41.24 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+23.5%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 765
5–95.5% · 843
10–156.9% · 1,051
16–193.9% · 593
20–244.4% · 676
25–3411.3% · 1,732
35–4917.0% · 2,602
50–6422.6% · 3,457
65–7413.3% · 2,033
75–847.8% · 1,193
85+2.4% · 370
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.7% · 1,039
1 car or van41.0% · 2,712
2 cars or vans32.7% · 2,161
3 or more10.7% · 705
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright41.5% · 2,745
With mortgage31.5% · 2,086
Shared ownership0.9% · 61
Social rented15.3% · 1,014
Private rented10.8% · 712
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house31.5% · 2,081
Semi-detached house48.8% · 3,230
Terraced house16.1% · 1,068
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 170
Converted house0.1% · 8
Other conversion0.3% · 18
Above shop / office0.3% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016528- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 21
Parishes in the ward
ChevetCroftonHavercroft with Cold HiendleyNottonRyhillWalton
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.