Property market
The five-year median is £175,000 from 1,757 recorded sales in WF6. 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.
WF6
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 684
- Current units
- 587
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 97
Postcode sectors in WF6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,880 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Manor Court, Normanton, WF6 1NZ | 14 July 2026 | £390,000 |
| 22, Truro Drive, Normanton, WF6 2SP | 14 July 2026 | £313,000 |
| 41, Dalefield Road, Normanton, WF6 1HD | 10 July 2026 | £135,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,210
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 925
- Public order 330
- Criminal damage and arson 166
- Drugs 139
- Shoplifting 131
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF6 usual residents
- 22,419
- Age-profile population
- 22,376
Age bands in WF6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- 3,715 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 2,251 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- 5,898 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- 6,384 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.4%
- 4,128 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 574 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 44.4%
In this district, 526 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 494 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ
ODS code B87039
NEWLAND SURGERY
NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD
ODS code B87033
PATIENCE LANE SURGERY
PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ
ODS code B87602
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,210 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 925 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.