Electoral wardE05016529
Featherstone ward, Wakefield
Featherstone is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,896 residents in 7,774 households — 866 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,896council ward average 16,827
Households7,7742.3 residents per household
Density866/ km²about 20.66 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+18.2%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 1,046
5–96.3% · 1,134
10–156.9% · 1,237
16–193.9% · 705
20–245.4% · 966
25–3414.5% · 2,602
35–4917.9% · 3,207
50–6420.9% · 3,750
65–749.9% · 1,765
75–846.4% · 1,140
85+2.0% · 350
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.7% · 1,837
1 car or van42.7% · 3,313
2 cars or vans26.2% · 2,038
3 or more7.5% · 579
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.5% · 2,292
With mortgage30.7% · 2,383
Shared ownership0.9% · 69
Social rented25.5% · 1,982
Private rented13.4% · 1,039
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house19.4% · 1,505
Semi-detached house41.0% · 3,190
Terraced house33.7% · 2,617
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 346
Converted house0.5% · 36
Other conversion0.3% · 27
Above shop / office0.7% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016529- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 21
Parishes in the ward
FeatherstoneSharlston
Council offices in this ward
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.