Electoral wardE05016537
South Elmsall & South Kirkby ward, Wakefield
South Elmsall & South Kirkby is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 18,683 residents in 7,895 households — 1,192 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,683council ward average 16,827
Households7,8952.37 residents per household
Density1,192/ km²about 15.67 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+18.0%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 1,116
5–96.6% · 1,230
10–157.3% · 1,369
16–194.2% · 780
20–245.6% · 1,048
25–3413.4% · 2,503
35–4918.7% · 3,495
50–6420.3% · 3,785
65–749.9% · 1,850
75–845.9% · 1,108
85+2.1% · 399
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.6% · 2,018
1 car or van42.1% · 3,326
2 cars or vans23.9% · 1,888
3 or more8.4% · 663
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright28.5% · 2,248
With mortgage28.5% · 2,252
Shared ownership0.5% · 40
Social rented25.9% · 2,045
Private rented16.5% · 1,300
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house19.8% · 1,559
Semi-detached house51.0% · 4,025
Terraced house22.4% · 1,769
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 406
Converted house0.6% · 44
Other conversion0.5% · 41
Above shop / office0.5% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016537- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 21
Parishes in the ward
South ElmsallSouth Kirkby and Moorthorpe
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.