Electoral wardE05016540
Wakefield North ward, Wakefield
Wakefield North is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,895 residents in 6,668 households — 4,642 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,895council ward average 16,827
Households6,6682.38 residents per household
Density4,642/ km²about 3.42 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+14.0%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 948
5–96.0% · 955
10–156.8% · 1,086
16–193.9% · 624
20–245.9% · 945
25–3417.1% · 2,724
35–4921.5% · 3,417
50–6418.7% · 2,977
65–748.1% · 1,281
75–844.5% · 716
85+1.4% · 224
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.3% · 2,156
1 car or van43.6% · 2,910
2 cars or vans19.3% · 1,290
3 or more4.8% · 321
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 1,524
With mortgage24.6% · 1,641
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented26.3% · 1,757
Private rented25.9% · 1,725
Lives rent free0.1% · 8
Type of home
Detached house8.5% · 568
Semi-detached house39.0% · 2,604
Terraced house24.6% · 1,640
Purpose-built flat22.4% · 1,498
Converted house2.9% · 192
Other conversion1.1% · 74
Above shop / office1.4% · 94
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016540- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.