Property market
The five-year median is £202,500 from 3,131 recorded sales in WF4. 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.
WF4
UK postcode district
Part of Wakefield
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,541
- Current units
- 1,269
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 272
Postcode sectors in WF4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,764 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 40a, George Street, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DE | 20 July 2026 | £263,000 |
| 29, High Keep Fold, Hall Green, Wakefield, WF4 3QL | 20 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 17, Herbage View, Crofton, Wakefield, WF4 1FD | 14 July 2026 | £422,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 25
- Primary
- 17
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,145
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,530
- Anti social behaviour 330
- Public order 263
- Criminal damage and arson 232
- Other theft 180
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF4 usual residents
- 44,564
- Age-profile population
- 44,585
Age bands in WF4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- 7,134 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- 4,219 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.2%
- 10,346 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- 13,081 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22%
- 9,805 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 1,255 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
- 73.3%
In this district, 1,182 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,043 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
3
in this district
CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC
SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ
ODS code B87028
MIDDLESTOWN
MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA
ODS code B87001
ORCHARD CROFT
CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY
ODS code B87002
Evidence in context
Schools
25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,145 published events cover 12 months, averaging 262 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,530 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.