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WF4 4PY

Wakefield Rural · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Ward
Wakefield Rural
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 4PX 114 m
WF4 4PW 121 m
WF4 4QA 161 m
WF4 4TA 161 m
WF4 4PN 198 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 4PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4
Latitude
53.653910
Longitude
-1.581001
British National Grid easting
427,791
British National Grid northing
417,570

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Wakefield Rural · E05016541
Parish or community
E04000241
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00060198
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 035C · E01011932
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 035 · E02002472

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Property

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34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
102, Water Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4PY 21 August 2025 £215,000
106, Water Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4PY 29 November 2024 £385,000
74, Water Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4PY 31 July 2024 £205,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
32
Secondary
4

  1. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    586 m

  2. Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    736 m

  3. Middlestown Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
383
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 175
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Public order 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Vehicle crime 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
90

46 female, 44 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
2.2
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 1% 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
0%

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

9

within 5 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    1.3 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    2.2 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.1 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    3.1 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    3.9 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    4.3 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

    SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY

    ODS code B85645

    4.3 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU

    ODS code B85652

    4.6 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    5.0 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

  • Hostingley Lane

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Hostingley Lane

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Horbury Bridge B

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Bittern Croft

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Horbury Bridge C

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 035C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,412 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £267,000 from 6 recorded sales in WF4 4PY. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 4 secondary schools. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 586 m.

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

Recorded crime

383 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 175 events.

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