Local authority district
Wakefield
E08000036
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 9,680
- Postcode districts
- 18
- Five-year recorded sales
- 28,479
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 158
- Census 2021 residents
- 353,326
- Census 2021 households
- 153,083
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 53.67471, -1.42227
Quality-approved postcode districts
- WF21,326 active postcodes
- WF11,256 active postcodes
- WF41,172 active postcodes
- WF91,151 active postcodes
- WF101,128 active postcodes
- WF8987 active postcodes
- WF5662 active postcodes
- WF6587 active postcodes
- WF7572 active postcodes
- WF11414 active postcodes
- WF3308 active postcodes
- S7266 active postcodes
- S7530 active postcodes
- LS2610 active postcodes
- WF125 active postcodes
- S712 active postcodes
- DN61 active postcodes
Related official areas
- Electoral wardWakefield NorthE05016540 · 655 postcodes
- Electoral wardPontefract NorthE05016535 · 525 postcodes
- Electoral wardAckworth, North Elmsall & UptonE05016524 · 507 postcodes
- Electoral wardSouth Elmsall & South KirkbyE05016537 · 505 postcodes
- Electoral wardCastleford Central & GlasshoughtonE05016527 · 504 postcodes
- Electoral wardOssettE05016534 · 501 postcodes
- Electoral wardWakefield RuralE05016541 · 494 postcodes
- Electoral wardHemsworthE05016530 · 482 postcodes
- Electoral wardHorbury & South OssettE05016531 · 472 postcodes
- Electoral wardAltofts & WhitwoodE05016526 · 454 postcodes
- Electoral wardWakefield SouthE05016542 · 451 postcodes
- Electoral wardPontefract SouthE05016536 · 446 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 019AE01011920 · 138 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 017FE01034265 · 133 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 007BE01011876 · 126 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 013AE01011758 · 118 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 017EE01034264 · 114 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 015CE01011838 · 112 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 015BE01011837 · 90 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 015DE01011841 · 89 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 038AE01011935 · 85 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 030AE01011898 · 79 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 031BE01011798 · 77 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWakefield 008BE01011887 · 76 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 017E02002454 · 401 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 034E02002471 · 376 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 015E02002452 · 357 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 002E02002439 · 301 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 024E02002461 · 288 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 019E02002456 · 271 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 029E02002466 · 267 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 016E02002453 · 257 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 021E02002458 · 255 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 030E02002467 · 251 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 042E02002479 · 249 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWakefield 025E02002462 · 248 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyNormanton and HemsworthE14001383 · 2,787 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyPontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyE14001428 · 2,645 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWakefield and RothwellE14001560 · 2,359 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyOssett and Denby DaleE14001418 · 1,889 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/LAD Local Authority District names and codes UK as at 04_25.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.