Electoral wardE05016541
Wakefield Rural ward, Wakefield
Wakefield Rural is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,696 residents in 7,668 households — 409 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,696council ward average 16,827
Households7,6682.31 residents per household
Density409/ km²about 43.26 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+22.8%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 842
5–95.4% · 954
10–156.1% · 1,088
16–193.6% · 633
20–244.2% · 748
25–3411.6% · 2,045
35–4918.7% · 3,301
50–6422.9% · 4,058
65–7413.1% · 2,319
75–847.3% · 1,290
85+2.4% · 419
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.8% · 902
1 car or van40.1% · 3,077
2 cars or vans36.5% · 2,803
3 or more11.6% · 891
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright41.8% · 3,211
With mortgage35.2% · 2,698
Shared ownership0.7% · 52
Social rented10.8% · 825
Private rented11.5% · 884
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house33.0% · 2,534
Semi-detached house47.3% · 3,633
Terraced house15.8% · 1,213
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 248
Converted house0.2% · 18
Other conversion0.3% · 23
Above shop / office0.2% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016541- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
CrigglestoneSitlingtonWest BrettonWoolley
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.