Property market
The five-year median is £198,500 from 3,710 recorded sales in WF1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.
WF1
UK postcode district
Part of Wakefield
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,019
- Current units
- 1,256
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 763
Postcode sectors in WF1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,113 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 81, Parkinson Close, Wakefield, WF1 4NR | 24 July 2026 | £210,000 |
| 16, Annie Street, Wakefield, WF1 2PL | 24 July 2026 | £140,000 |
| 191, Leeds Road, Wakefield, WF1 2PS | 24 July 2026 | £152,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8,135
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,412
- Shoplifting 808
- Public order 732
- Anti social behaviour 569
- Criminal damage and arson 518
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF1 usual residents
- 39,981
- Age-profile population
- 40,209
Age bands in WF1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- 7,301 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- 4,497 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.3%
- 12,568 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- 9,822 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15%
- 6,021 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,147 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 75%
In this district, 1,004 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 878 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE
WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD
ODS code B87604
MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE
BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN
ODS code B87012
NEW SOUTHGATE SURGERY
BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ
ODS code B87027
OUTWOOD PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
POTOVENS LANE, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PE
ODS code B87013
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG
ODS code B87017
WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR
ODS code B87004
Evidence in context
Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,135 published events cover 12 months, averaging 678 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,412 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.