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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002455

Pontefract South East

Pontefract South East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,485 residents in Wakefield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wakefield
6,485

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,709

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,512.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.6%

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.

Blacon North, Cheshire West and Chester6,243 residents · 47.9% owned · 30.8% no carShirebrook North, Bolsover7,803 residents · 58.4% owned · 22.9% no carCurrock & Upperby, Carlisle6,544 residents · 59.1% owned · 30.0% no carParson Cross, Sheffield10,170 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.4% no carLittle Bloxwich, Walsall6,823 residents · 58.3% owned · 27.3% no carWoodsetton, Dudley7,578 residents · 56.8% owned · 24.0% no car

Most similar within Wakefield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Airedale, Wakefield7,901 residents · 62.8% owned · 23.7% no carSouth Kirkby, Wakefield7,186 residents · 54.7% owned · 22.7% no carLupset, Wakefield10,380 residents · 38.3% owned · 31.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pontefract South East

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

Tenure

Owned50.5%
1,368 households
Social rented39.5%
1,071 households
Private rented9.2%
250 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached60.8%
1,645 households
Terraced18.6%
504 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
276 households
Detached9.3%
252 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.4%
1,120 households
No cars or vans in household30.2%
818 households
2 cars or vans in household22.1%
597 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.3%
170 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.6%
1,640 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
603 households
4 or more bedrooms9.5%
257 households
1 bedroom7.7%
208 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
1,804 households
One-person household29.4%
797 households
Other household types3.9%
106 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.2%
846 households
1 person in household29.5%
798 households
3 people in household19.3%
523 households
4 people in household13%
352 households
5 people in household5%
135 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.7%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.8%
1,348 residents
15–2917.5%
1,133 residents
30–4419.1%
1,238 residents
45–6426%
1,686 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,078 residents
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
6,319 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
59 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
51 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
41 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.5%
1,592 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.6%
886 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
788 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.6%
737 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
622 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.9%
2,820 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
2,143 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations24.5%
1,235 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.3%
724 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.2%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
288 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.8%
2,778 residents
Good health34.3%
2,226 residents
Fair health14.9%
966 residents
Bad health6.3%
407 residents
Very bad health1.7%
111 residents
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.9%
5,049 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.1%
1,436 residents
Pontefract South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.1%
1,004 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
898 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.1%
598 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
202 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Pontefract South 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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