Property market
The five-year median is £210,000 from 3,550 recorded sales in WF2. 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.
WF2
UK postcode district
Part of Wakefield
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,631
- Current units
- 1,330
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 301
Postcode sectors in WF2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,726 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Manor Haigh Road, Wakefield, WF2 8SF | 22 July 2026 | £90,000 |
| 8, Peacock Avenue, Wakefield, WF2 0EG | 17 July 2026 | £130,000 |
| 23, Beech Croft, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6NY | 17 July 2026 | £285,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 6,006
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,821
- Anti social behaviour 498
- Criminal damage and arson 423
- Public order 419
- Shoplifting 416
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF2 usual residents
- 54,494
- Age-profile population
- 54,021
Age bands in WF2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 9,619 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 5,539 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- 13,709 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- 14,652 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.4%
- 10,502 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 1,321 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
- 12.5%
In this district, 1,277 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,208 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units 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
4
in this district
ALVERTHORPE
BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP
ODS code B87044
CHAPELTHORPE
STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP
ODS code B87020
HOMESTEAD
HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE
ODS code B87022
LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE
GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE
ODS code B87008
Evidence in context
Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,006 published events cover 12 months, averaging 501 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,821 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.