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WF4 1QS

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 1RA 217 m
WF4 1QX 310 m
WF4 1QJ 354 m
WF4 1QY 356 m
WF4 1QG 535 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 1QS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 1
Latitude
53.651510
Longitude
-1.379668
British National Grid easting
441,100
British National Grid northing
417,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · E05016524
Parish or community
E04000234
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059365
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 032B · E01011766
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 032 · E02002469

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
22
Secondary
3

  1. Fitzwilliam Primary School

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    1.5 km

  2. King's Meadow Academy

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

  3. Featherstone Girnhill Infant School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
57
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Public order 4
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF4 1 residents
9,502

Age bands in WF4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,636 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

942 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

2,237 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,754 residents

Age 65 and over
20.6%

1,958 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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.0 km

  • ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY

    ST. THOMAS ROAD, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 5HE

    ODS code B87009

    3.0 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    3.2 km

  • STATION LANE

    STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL

    ODS code B87032

    3.6 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Wragby War Memorial

    BCT · Wragby

    0.2 miles

  • Wragby War Memorial

    BCT · Wragby

    0.2 miles

  • Nostell Priory Gates

    BCT · Nostell

    0.2 miles

  • Priory Gates

    BCT · Nostell

    0.3 miles

  • Doncaster Road Nostell Priory Gates

    BCT · Nostell

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 032B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,985 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Fitzwilliam Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

57 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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