Wakefield East

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£275k	+11%	+378%	-35%
Semi-detached	£175k	+6.1%	+307%	-38%
Terraced	£178k	+22%	+446%	-28%
Flat	£95k	-19%	+171%	-60%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Outwood Academy City Fields	0.8 mi	Non-sel	38.8	29%
St Thomas � Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy	1.2 mi	Non-sel	46.3	45%

Rents

	Yours	Trend	Position
All bedrooms	£779
1 bed	£556
2 bed	£701
3 bed	£838
4+ bed	£1,182

Crime

Reported crimes per month

	Yours	Trend	Position
All crime	3,128
Violence & sexual offences	1,323
Burglary	121
Anti-social behaviour	300

GP practices

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	0.9 mi
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	0.9 mi
MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	1.1 mi
WAKEFIELD COVID 19 ASSESSMENT UNITS	GP practice	0.9 mi
EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE	GP practice	2.0 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station	Rail station	0.7 mi
Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station	Rail station	0.7 mi
Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station	Rail station	1.6 mi
Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station	Rail station	1.7 mi
Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station	Rail station	1.8 mi

Broadband

Availability of fast broadband

	Yours	Trend	Position
Superfast (30Mbps+)	98.4%
Gigabit	92.8%
Full fibre (FTTP)	90.4%

Mobile coverage

	Yours	Trend	Position
Indoor 4G (all operators)	91.6%
Indoor voice (all)	93.1%
5G outdoor (any)	99.2%

Deprivation

Updated Oct 2025

	More deprivedLess deprived	Wakefield East average (lo–hi)
Overall		19% (4–89)
Income		21% (4–91)
Employment		23% (6–93)
Education		15% (0–82)
Health		17% (3–64)
Crime		15% (0–69)
Housing & services		72% (29–95)
Living environment		34% (3–74)

Your MP

Updated Apr 2026

Simon Lightwood MP

Labour (Co-op)

Wakefield and Rothwell

simon.lightwood.mp@parliament.uk

https://www.simonlightwood.org.uk

Green spaces

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Greenspace access point	Play space	1.2 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	1.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	1.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	1.5 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
Lock Joining Aire and Calder Navigation Old Cut with River Calder	II	0.9 mi
Locks, Basin and Docks at Fall Ings Lock on Calder and Hebble Navigation	II	1.0 mi
Former Board Room for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company	II	0.6 mi
Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station	II	0.7 mi
Chapel of St Mary on East Side of Wakefield Bridge	I	0.6 mi

Companies

	Yours	Trend	Position
Active companies	13,065
Total registered	14,423
Dormant	249
New (last year)	2,114
New (last 5 years)	6,721

Air quality

	Yours	Trend	Position
PM2.5	7
PM10	12
NO₂	12
NOₓ	16

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	7
Fatal	0
Serious	3
Killed/serious	3
Pedestrian	4
Cyclist	1

Traffic

	Yours	Trend	Position
All motor vehicles	1,904,400,000
Cars & taxis	1,414,200,000

Flood risk

	Yours	Trend	Position
Rivers & sea	3

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	1,779

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	19.4%
Aged 16–64	71.0%
Aged 65+	9.5%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	58.9%
Asian	25.6%
Black	9.3%
Mixed	2.0%
Other	4.2%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	31.2%
Social rented	35.4%
Private rented	33.0%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	6.7%
Semi-detached	15.4%
Terraced	39.2%
Flat / maisonette	37.8%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	45.5%
1 car or van	38.2%
2+ cars or vans	16.4%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	60.0%
Unemployed	6.6%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	30.8%
Degree or above	19.3%

Health

	Yours	Trend	Position
Life expectancy	—
Obesity prevalence	69.8%
Smoking prevalence	11.5%
Infant mortality	5.5

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