Altofts & Whitwood · Wakefield · England
Updated September 2026
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
3 female, 2 male
1,498 residents
970 residents
2,659 residents
2,992 residents
2,194 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF6 2 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km straight-line
PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ
ODS code B87602
1.5 km
STANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WF3 4HS
ODS code B87019
1.5 km
KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ
ODS code B87039
2.5 km
NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD
ODS code B87033
2.5 km
WINDHILL ROAD, EASTMOOR, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4SD
ODS code B87604
2.5 km
2 CHURCH FARM CLOSE, LEEDS ROAD, LOFTHOUSE, WAKEFIELD, WF3 3SA
ODS code B86020
3.6 km
BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ
ODS code B87027
3.7 km
78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR
ODS code B87004
3.7 km
POTOVENS LANE, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 2PE
ODS code B87013
3.8 km
THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG
ODS code B87017
4.1 km
BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN
ODS code B87012
4.8 km
BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP
ODS code B87044
4.9 km
QUARRY HILL, OULTON, LEEDS, LS26 8SZ
ODS code B86006
4.9 km
Birkwood Hill
BCT · Altofts
Birkwood Hill
BCT · Altofts
Hill Top Farm
BCT · Altofts
Hill Top Farm
BCT · Altofts
Stanley Ferry
BCT · Stanley
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 009B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,676 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
42 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kingsland Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
412 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 194 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.