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WF4 5PX

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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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 5PR 50 m
WF4 5PP 100 m
WF4 5PT 118 m
WF4 5PS 119 m
WF4 5NN 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 5PX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 5
Latitude
53.657502
Longitude
-1.577424
British National Grid easting
428,025
British National Grid northing
417,971

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
E00059493
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029F · E01011800
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
34
Secondary
5

  1. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    121 m

  2. Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    1.0 km

  3. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
698
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 340
  • Anti social behaviour 62
  • Public order 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Vehicle crime 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

11

within 5 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    1.7 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.8 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.7 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.2 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    3.9 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    3.9 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    4.2 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85652

    4.6 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    4.8 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    4.9 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Horbury Bridge A

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • Horbury Bridge C

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Horbury Bridge B

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Bridge Road

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Bridge Road

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 029F, 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

23,309 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

Schools

48 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 5 secondary schools. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 121 m.

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

Recorded crime

698 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 340 events.

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