Wakefield West · Wakefield · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource
Voluntary controlled school
CAPA College
Free schools 16 to 19
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
1,611 residents
836 residents
2,192 residents
2,319 residents
1,554 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
12
within 5 km
THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG
ODS code B87017
688 m
BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN
ODS code B87012
719 m
78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR
ODS code B87004
1.1 km
HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE
ODS code B87022
1.6 km
GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE
ODS code B87008
1.7 km
BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP
ODS code B87044
1.9 km
BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ
ODS code B87027
2.1 km
WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD
ODS code B87604
2.3 km
STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP
ODS code B87020
3.3 km
CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY
ODS code B87002
3.8 km
POTOVENS LANE, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PE
ODS code B87013
4.2 km
STANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WF3 4HS
ODS code B87019
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Thornes Lane Seymour St
BCT · Thornes
Thornes Lane Tadman St
BCT · Belle Isle
Thornes Lane Seymour St
BCT · Thornes
Thornes Lane Tadman St
BCT · Belle Isle
Cathedral Retail Park C
BCT · Wakefield City Centre
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 028A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,317 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
59 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 7 secondary schools. Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource is the nearest published school at 492 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
6,798 published events cover 12 months, averaging 566.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,700 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.