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WF2 7DU

Wakefield South · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Ward
Wakefield South
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell
Postcode district
WF2
Postcode sector
WF2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF2 7BA 89 m
WF2 7DH 101 m
WF2 7JU 139 m
WF2 7DT 152 m
WF2 7JX 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF2 7DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF2
Postcode sector
WF2 7
Latitude
53.662951
Longitude
-1.496375
British National Grid easting
433,377
British National Grid northing
418,612

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Wakefield South · E05016542
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell · E14001560
Output area
E00060007
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 030B · E01011906
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 030 · E02002467

Postcode source versions

Explore WF2

Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Woodville Court, Wakefield, WF2 7DU 10 October 2025 £195,000
5, Woodville Court, Wakefield, WF2 7DU 5 November 2021 £135,000
3, Woodville Court, Wakefield, WF2 7DU 10 May 2018 £115,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
30
Secondary
6

  1. Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource

    Voluntary controlled school

    770 m

  2. The Castle Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    846 m

  3. St Thomas � Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    891 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,185
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 978
  • Criminal damage and arson 172
  • Anti social behaviour 162
  • Public order 148
  • Other theft 147

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

20 female, 26 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.8
WF2 7 residents
8,569

Age bands in WF2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

1,611 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

836 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,192 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,319 residents

Age 65 and over
18.3%

1,554 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF2 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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
100%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN

    ODS code B87012

    941 m

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    1.9 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

    GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE

    ODS code B87008

    2.1 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    2.2 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    2.2 km

  • HOMESTEAD

    HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE

    ODS code B87022

    2.6 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    2.9 km

  • EASTMOOR HEALTH CENTRE

    WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD

    ODS code B87604

    3.3 km

  • NEW SOUTHGATE SURGERY

    BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ

    ODS code B87027

    3.4 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    3.5 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Woodville Court

    BCT · Portobello

    0.1 miles

  • Hastings Avenue

    BCT · Portobello

    0.1 miles

  • Duke Of York Avenue

    BCT · Portobello

    0.1 miles

  • Duke Of York Avenue Old Terminus

    BCT · Portobello

    0.1 miles

  • Rutland Avenue

    BCT · Portobello

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 030B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,277 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £165,000 from 2 recorded sales in WF2 7DU. 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.

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 6 secondary schools. Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource is the nearest published school at 770 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 182.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 978 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.