WF4 4NB

Wakefield Rural · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 4NA 84 m
WF4 4ND 91 m
WF4 4NF 115 m
WF4 4LZ 130 m
WF4 4NE 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 4NB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4
Latitude
53.642246
Longitude
-1.584414
British National Grid easting
427,573
British National Grid northing
416,271

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04000241
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00060195
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 035B · E01011931
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 035 · E02002472

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Highfield Road, Netherton, Wakefield, WF4 4NB 4 June 2026 £184,000
22, Highfield Road, Netherton, Wakefield, WF4 4NB 25 November 2024 £161,000
36, Highfield Road, Netherton, Wakefield, WF4 4NB 4 October 2024 £187,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    905 m
  2. Denby Grange School

    Other independent special school

    1.1 km
  3. Middlestown Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
226
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 113
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Public order 20
  • Vehicle crime 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

36 female, 40 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.3
WF4 4 residents
8,906

Age bands in WF4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,336 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

818 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,083 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

2,751 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

2,073 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 4 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

5

within 5 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

    MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA

    ODS code B87001

    1.4 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    3.0 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    4.4 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    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.

Nearby transport

  • Highfield Rd Upper Lane

    BCT · Netherton

    0.0 miles
  • Netheron Highfield Road

    BCT · Netherton

    0.0 miles
  • Netherton Highfield Road

    BCT · Netherton

    0.1 miles
  • Oakland Drive Highfield Rd

    BCT · Netherton

    0.1 miles
  • Coxley View

    BCT · Netherton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 035B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,071 of 33,755

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

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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 £177,000 from 6 recorded sales in WF4 4NB. 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 905 m.

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

Recorded crime

226 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 113 events.

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