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WF4 5EX

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Ward
Horbury & South Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 5DX 83 m
WF4 5AY 96 m
WF4 5DT 120 m
WF4 5LA 123 m
WF4 5AP 128 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 5EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 5
Latitude
53.656191
Longitude
-1.548310
British National Grid easting
429,950
British National Grid northing
417,837

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Horbury & South Ossett · E05016531
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059500
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 031D · E01011802
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 031 · E02002468

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Dudfleet Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5EX 18 August 2025 £275,000
9, Dudfleet Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5EX 16 January 2025 £258,000
Green Acres, Dudfleet Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5EX 21 April 2023 £359,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
32
Secondary
6

  1. Horbury Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    325 m

  2. Horbury Academy

    Academy converter

    570 m

  3. Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    674 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,007
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 500
  • Public order 98
  • Anti social behaviour 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 75
  • Other theft 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

20 female, 25 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.3
WF4 5 residents
5,629

Age bands in WF4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

859 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

546 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,244 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,685 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,280 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 5 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+
91.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
91.3%
Gigabit-capable
91.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
78.3%

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

10

within 5 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    438 m

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    2.4 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    3.0 km

  • HOMESTEAD

    HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE

    ODS code B87022

    3.5 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    3.5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    3.6 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    3.8 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN

    ODS code B87012

    4.2 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    4.4 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    4.8 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

  • Daw Ln Dudfleet Lane

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • Daw Ln Dudfleet Lane

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles

  • Millfield Road Castle View

    BCT · Horbury Junction

    0.1 miles

  • Millfield Road Castle View

    BCT · Horbury Junction

    0.2 miles

  • Horbury WMC

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 031D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,826 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £287,500 from 4 recorded sales in WF4 5EX. 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

51 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 6 secondary schools. Horbury Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 325 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,007 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 500 events.

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