Electoral wardE05016542
Wakefield South ward, Wakefield
Wakefield South is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,294 residents in 7,393 households — 1,888 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,294council ward average 16,827
Households7,3932.34 residents per household
Density1,888/ km²about 9.16 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+19.2%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 1,072
5–95.8% · 1,001
10–157.1% · 1,224
16–194.2% · 719
20–245.2% · 907
25–3413.1% · 2,271
35–4919.8% · 3,424
50–6419.4% · 3,363
65–7410.2% · 1,770
75–846.4% · 1,104
85+2.6% · 443
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 1,868
1 car or van40.1% · 2,967
2 cars or vans26.4% · 1,956
3 or more8.2% · 605
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 2,402
With mortgage27.3% · 2,022
Shared ownership1.3% · 99
Social rented22.2% · 1,641
Private rented16.5% · 1,222
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house28.7% · 2,118
Semi-detached house36.3% · 2,681
Terraced house18.5% · 1,370
Purpose-built flat14.4% · 1,061
Converted house1.2% · 88
Other conversion0.4% · 33
Above shop / office0.4% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016542- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.