Electoral wardE05016533
Normanton ward, Wakefield
Normanton is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,575 residents in 7,635 households — 1,164 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,575council ward average 16,827
Households7,6352.3 residents per household
Density1,164/ km²about 15.11 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+16.7%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 994
5–96.0% · 1,050
10–156.9% · 1,220
16–194.0% · 700
20–245.2% · 920
25–3415.0% · 2,637
35–4919.6% · 3,436
50–6420.9% · 3,675
65–749.8% · 1,716
75–845.2% · 919
85+1.7% · 305
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.4% · 1,862
1 car or van43.3% · 3,310
2 cars or vans24.7% · 1,883
3 or more7.6% · 582
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright26.3% · 2,006
With mortgage32.5% · 2,485
Shared ownership1.0% · 74
Social rented24.3% · 1,855
Private rented15.9% · 1,214
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house17.7% · 1,349
Semi-detached house41.2% · 3,143
Terraced house30.1% · 2,301
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 686
Converted house0.9% · 68
Other conversion0.4% · 27
Above shop / office0.7% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016533- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Newland with Woodhouse MoorNormanton and AltoftsWarmfield cum Heath
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.