Electoral wardE05016543
Wakefield West ward, Wakefield
Wakefield West is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,471 residents in 6,973 households — 2,501 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,471council ward average 16,827
Households6,9732.36 residents per household
Density2,501/ km²about 6.59 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+17.6%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 986
5–96.9% · 1,138
10–158.0% · 1,315
16–194.4% · 729
20–245.1% · 838
25–3413.3% · 2,182
35–4919.4% · 3,198
50–6419.3% · 3,177
65–749.4% · 1,549
75–846.1% · 998
85+2.1% · 353
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.4% · 2,051
1 car or van41.8% · 2,918
2 cars or vans22.8% · 1,591
3 or more5.9% · 415
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright26.9% · 1,875
With mortgage22.9% · 1,594
Shared ownership1.0% · 69
Social rented38.4% · 2,681
Private rented10.7% · 744
Lives rent free0.1% · 10
Type of home
Detached house15.1% · 1,054
Semi-detached house55.7% · 3,886
Terraced house14.2% · 991
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 983
Converted house0.3% · 24
Other conversion0.0% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016543- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.