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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002449

Pontefract North East

Pontefract North East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,813 residents in Wakefield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wakefield
9,813

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,069

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,186.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Gedling North, Gedling8,186 residents · 76.1% owned · 15.4% no carUttoxeter Heath, East Staffordshire7,083 residents · 72.0% owned · 14.5% no carShipley, Erewash7,105 residents · 76.1% owned · 13.2% no carCotgrave, Rushcliffe8,206 residents · 71.8% owned · 13.2% no carBroughton & Saltney, Flintshire11,669 residents · 69.5% owned · 14.6% no carHucknall North & East, Ashfield10,626 residents · 73.6% owned · 16.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pontefract North East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned75%
3,052 households
Private rented12.5%
508 households
Social rented10.4%
422 households
Shared ownership2.1%
87 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.8%
2,395 households
Detached31.4%
1,279 households
Terraced7.9%
322 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.5%
63 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
1,740 households
2 cars or vans in household35.4%
1,440 households
No cars or vans in household12.8%
522 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
367 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.2%
2,409 households
2 bedrooms20%
814 households
4 or more bedrooms19.6%
800 households
1 bedroom1.2%
49 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household75.5%
3,074 households
One-person household22.1%
900 households
Other household types2.4%
98 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.5%
1,686 households
1 person in household22.1%
899 households
3 people in household18.6%
758 households
4 people in household13.3%
539 households
5 people in household3.8%
153 households
6 people in household0.5%
20 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,798 residents
15–2917.9%
1,752 residents
30–4420.6%
2,021 residents
45–6427%
2,646 residents
65 and over16.3%
1,595 residents
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
9,464 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
140 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
131 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
59 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
23 residents
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.2%
1,912 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.3%
1,688 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
1,492 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,230 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
879 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
524 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.4%
5,099 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.2%
2,703 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
111 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.4%
1,610 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,416 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
1,053 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
747 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.4%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.4%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
318 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.2%
4,730 residents
Good health34%
3,341 residents
Fair health12.1%
1,186 residents
Bad health4.2%
417 residents
Very bad health1.4%
139 residents
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
8,050 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,764 residents
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.7%
2,103 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
1,294 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
567 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Pontefract North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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