Electoral wardE05016539
Wakefield East ward, Wakefield
Wakefield East is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,686 residents in 6,119 households — 4,165 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,686council ward average 16,827
Households6,1192.4 residents per household
Density4,165/ km²about 3.53 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+13.3%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 964
5–96.7% · 980
10–157.5% · 1,097
16–194.8% · 707
20–246.4% · 934
25–3416.9% · 2,483
35–4920.9% · 3,073
50–6417.0% · 2,490
65–747.8% · 1,140
75–843.8% · 562
85+1.7% · 253
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.0% · 2,444
1 car or van40.9% · 2,496
2 cars or vans15.4% · 939
3 or more3.8% · 231
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright18.4% · 1,126
With mortgage19.3% · 1,180
Shared ownership0.6% · 34
Social rented34.7% · 2,122
Private rented27.0% · 1,652
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house10.3% · 631
Semi-detached house36.0% · 2,204
Terraced house18.5% · 1,129
Purpose-built flat29.2% · 1,787
Converted house3.4% · 210
Other conversion1.2% · 72
Above shop / office1.3% · 80
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016539- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.