Electoral wardE05016535
Pontefract North ward, Wakefield
Pontefract North is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,324 residents in 7,605 households — 1,497 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,324council ward average 16,827
Households7,6052.28 residents per household
Density1,497/ km²about 11.57 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+16.4%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 1,072
5–96.0% · 1,043
10–156.6% · 1,151
16–193.5% · 609
20–245.1% · 890
25–3416.5% · 2,860
35–4919.4% · 3,360
50–6420.2% · 3,495
65–748.9% · 1,550
75–845.5% · 957
85+2.0% · 338
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 1,595
1 car or van41.5% · 3,157
2 cars or vans29.8% · 2,264
3 or more7.7% · 587
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright27.3% · 2,082
With mortgage36.0% · 2,744
Shared ownership1.5% · 116
Social rented20.7% · 1,576
Private rented14.4% · 1,095
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 1,874
Semi-detached house48.1% · 3,659
Terraced house13.8% · 1,052
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 939
Converted house0.2% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 40
Above shop / office0.3% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016535- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 9 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.