Property market
The five-year median is £185,000 from 1,854 recorded sales in WF7. 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.
WF7
UK postcode district
Part of Pontefract
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 658
- Current units
- 572
- 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
- 86
Postcode sectors in WF7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,090 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Janard, Mill Lane, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7NW | 23 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 71, Station Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5BJ | 20 July 2026 | £80,000 |
| 10, Bedford Close, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 5LQ | 20 July 2026 | £250,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,054
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,020
- Criminal damage and arson 177
- Public order 152
- Anti social behaviour 143
- Shoplifting 117
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF7 usual residents
- 22,659
- Age-profile population
- 22,604
Age bands in WF7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- 3,983 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 2,233 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- 6,004 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- 6,071 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
- 4,313 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 568 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
- 69.4%
In this district, 540 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 495 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 3 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
COLLEGE LANE SURGERY
BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ
ODS code B87003
STATION LANE
STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL
ODS code B87032
ST THOMAS ROAD SURGERY
ST. THOMAS ROAD, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 5HE
ODS code B87009
Evidence in context
Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,054 published events cover 12 months, averaging 171 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,020 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.