Wakefield West

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£326k	+15%	+380%	-23%
Semi-detached	£200k	-1.4%	+322%	-28%
Terraced	£162k	+0.3%	+306%	-34%
Flat	£92k	-7.5%	+172%	-61%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Trinity Academy Cathedral	0.1 mi	—	48.7	49%

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
LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE	GP practice	0.4 mi
HOMESTEAD	GP practice	1.2 mi
ANGEL LODGE	GP practice	1.4 mi
ALVERTHORPE	GP practice	1.7 mi
WAKEFIELD COVID 19 ASSESSMENT UNITS	GP practice	1.7 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Wakefield Westgate Rail Station	Rail station	1.4 mi
Wakefield Westgate Rail Station	Rail station	1.4 mi
Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station	Rail station	2.3 mi
Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station	Rail station	2.3 mi
Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station	Rail station	2.7 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 West average (lo–hi)
Overall		27% (4–89)
Income		32% (3–92)
Employment		27% (5–94)
Education		25% (2–75)
Health		22% (1–72)
Crime		15% (1–53)
Housing & services		92% (69–97)
Living environment		43% (8–82)

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
Thornes Park	Park	0.2 mi
Thornes Park	Park	0.2 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.5 mi
Thornes Park	Park	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.5 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
Lupset Hall	II*	0.6 mi
Walls Flanking North West Entrance to Thornes Park	II	0.6 mi
Thornes Pump (at Junction of Denby Dale Road and Helmfield Lane)	II	0.7 mi
Thorne's Locks	II	1.3 mi
About 12 Metres of Old Wall on East Side of Yard of Westgate End House	II	0.9 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	11
NOₓ	15

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	2
Fatal	0
Serious	0
Killed/serious	0
Pedestrian	1
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	4

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	1,615

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	12.9%
Aged 16–64	58.8%
Aged 65+	28.3%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	89.9%
Asian	7.8%
Black	1.2%
Mixed	0.4%
Other	0.7%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	88.2%
Social rented	1.6%
Private rented	10.3%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	38.6%
Semi-detached	53.4%
Terraced	3.4%
Flat / maisonette	4.7%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	12.1%
1 car or van	40.0%
2+ cars or vans	47.9%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	56.4%
Unemployed	1.4%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	17.9%
Degree or above	32.9%

Health

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

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