Electoral wardE05016532
Knottingley & Ferrybridge ward, Wakefield
Knottingley & Ferrybridge is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,251 residents in 6,338 households — 1,096 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,251council ward average 16,827
Households6,3382.25 residents per household
Density1,096/ km²about 13.00 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+18.7%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 910
5–96.2% · 883
10–157.1% · 1,014
16–193.8% · 538
20–245.2% · 743
25–3415.2% · 2,165
35–4917.0% · 2,422
50–6420.5% · 2,918
65–7410.3% · 1,468
75–846.2% · 878
85+2.2% · 313
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.8% · 1,694
1 car or van43.6% · 2,759
2 cars or vans23.6% · 1,496
3 or more6.0% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.3% · 1,853
With mortgage28.0% · 1,773
Shared ownership0.6% · 35
Social rented29.6% · 1,875
Private rented12.5% · 789
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 711
Semi-detached house50.2% · 3,186
Terraced house24.0% · 1,523
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 744
Converted house0.9% · 54
Other conversion0.4% · 24
Above shop / office0.6% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 58
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016532- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 15 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.