WF4 6DY

Horbury & South Ossett · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 6DU 42 m
WF4 6DX 42 m
WF4 6HX 43 m
WF4 6HS 45 m
WF4 6HP 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 6DY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 6
Latitude
53.661139
Longitude
-1.561574
British National Grid easting
429,070
British National Grid northing
418,382

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059472
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029F · E01011800
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Wensley Street, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6DY 19 December 2025 £117,500
9, Wensley Street, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6DY 22 July 2022 £155,000
13, Wensley Street, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6DY 4 November 2020 £123,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
35
Secondary
5
  1. Hall Cliffe School

    Other independent special school

    332 m
  2. Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    378 m
  3. Horbury Academy

    Academy converter

    939 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,111
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 543
  • Public order 101
  • Anti social behaviour 93
  • Other theft 72
  • Criminal damage and arson 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

16 female, 20 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.0
WF4 6 residents
4,504

Age bands in WF4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

730 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

400 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

1,016 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,201 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

906 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 6 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
61.5%

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

12

within 5 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    786 m

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.7 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    2.8 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    2.8 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    3.7 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    3.9 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    4.0 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    4.2 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    4.7 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    4.9 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    4.9 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87012

    4.9 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

  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.0 miles
  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.0 miles
  • Primrose Hall

    BCT · Horbury

    0.1 miles
  • Primrose Hall

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles
  • Horbuty Highfield Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 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
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 £136,250 from 2 recorded sales in WF4 6DY. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 5 secondary schools. Hall Cliffe School is the nearest published school at 332 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 543 events.

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