Property market
The five-year median is £199,995 from 2,954 recorded sales in WF8. 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.
WF8
UK postcode district
Part of Pontefract
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,333
- Current units
- 1,022
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 311
Postcode sectors in WF8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,637 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 23, Castle Crescent, Pontefract, WF8 2FX | 23 July 2026 | £90,000 |
| 6, Went View, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EP | 23 July 2026 | £280,000 |
| 2, Dandy Mill View, Pontefract, WF8 2UZ | 20 July 2026 | £375,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,086
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,885
- Anti social behaviour 390
- Shoplifting 362
- Public order 319
- Criminal damage and arson 304
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF8 usual residents
- 36,084
- Age-profile population
- 36,072
Age bands in WF8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- 6,190 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 3,517 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- 9,251 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- 9,871 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
- 7,243 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 988 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
- 0%
In this district, 908 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 761 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 11 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
FRIARWOOD SURGERY
CARLETON GLEN, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1SU
ODS code B87011
NORTHGATE SURGERY
NORTHGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NF
ODS code B87007
STUART ROAD
THE SURGERY, STUART ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4PQ
ODS code B87015
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,086 published events cover 12 months, averaging 341 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,885 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.