Electoral wardE05016530
Hemsworth ward, Wakefield
Hemsworth is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,586 residents in 7,219 households — 764 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,586council ward average 16,827
Households7,2192.3 residents per household
Density764/ km²about 21.72 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+20.2%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 922
5–96.1% · 1,007
10–157.1% · 1,173
16–194.1% · 677
20–245.2% · 855
25–3413.6% · 2,258
35–4917.4% · 2,883
50–6420.9% · 3,459
65–7411.0% · 1,828
75–847.1% · 1,176
85+2.1% · 343
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 1,830
1 car or van42.3% · 3,052
2 cars or vans24.5% · 1,768
3 or more7.8% · 566
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 2,220
With mortgage26.6% · 1,922
Shared ownership0.6% · 43
Social rented27.2% · 1,962
Private rented14.8% · 1,069
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house19.8% · 1,428
Semi-detached house53.2% · 3,840
Terraced house20.9% · 1,509
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 369
Converted house0.3% · 20
Other conversion0.3% · 23
Above shop / office0.4% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016530- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 21
Parishes in the ward
HemsworthSouth Hiendley
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.