Electoral wardE05016544
Wrenthorpe & Outwood West ward, Wakefield
Wrenthorpe & Outwood West is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,040 residents in 7,307 households — 1,731 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,040council ward average 16,827
Households7,3072.33 residents per household
Density1,731/ km²about 9.84 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+20.1%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 937
5–95.7% · 972
10–156.7% · 1,136
16–194.1% · 693
20–244.8% · 820
25–3412.4% · 2,105
35–4919.8% · 3,372
50–6421.0% · 3,572
65–7411.1% · 1,886
75–846.8% · 1,152
85+2.3% · 393
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.9% · 1,238
1 car or van41.4% · 3,026
2 cars or vans32.0% · 2,335
3 or more9.7% · 709
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.3% · 2,581
With mortgage37.5% · 2,742
Shared ownership1.2% · 89
Social rented16.3% · 1,191
Private rented9.6% · 702
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house32.5% · 2,371
Semi-detached house45.6% · 3,329
Terraced house15.2% · 1,112
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 429
Converted house0.4% · 32
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016544- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 8 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.