Electoral wardE05016536
Pontefract South ward, Wakefield
Pontefract South is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,210 residents in 7,512 households — 816 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,210council ward average 16,827
Households7,5122.29 residents per household
Density816/ km²about 21.09 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+22.6%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 843
5–96.0% · 1,031
10–157.2% · 1,247
16–194.1% · 710
20–244.7% · 806
25–3411.6% · 1,988
35–4917.8% · 3,069
50–6421.0% · 3,622
65–7412.0% · 2,067
75–847.7% · 1,330
85+2.9% · 499
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 1,684
1 car or van40.8% · 3,071
2 cars or vans28.2% · 2,117
3 or more8.6% · 646
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 2,850
With mortgage28.2% · 2,116
Shared ownership0.7% · 56
Social rented21.7% · 1,626
Private rented11.4% · 859
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 2,021
Semi-detached house48.4% · 3,633
Terraced house14.3% · 1,074
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 542
Converted house1.2% · 88
Other conversion0.4% · 29
Above shop / office0.7% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 70
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016536- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 21
Parishes in the ward
DarringtonEast HardwickWentbridge
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.