Property market
The five-year median is £152,000 from 3,164 recorded sales in WF9. 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.
WF9
UK postcode district
Part of Pontefract
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,342
- Current units
- 1,151
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 191
Postcode sectors in WF9
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,951 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Mount, Wakefield Road, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, WF9 5BX | 20 July 2026 | £290,000 |
| 10, Moorhouse View, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JL | 20 July 2026 | £150,000 |
| 1, Clover Walk, Upton, Pontefract, WF9 1NN | 17 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,906
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,300
- Anti social behaviour 433
- Criminal damage and arson 412
- Shoplifting 351
- Public order 335
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF9 usual residents
- 41,469
- Age-profile population
- 41,467
Age bands in WF9
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- 7,507 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- 4,399 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- 10,607 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- 11,144 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
- 7,810 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 1,132 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
- 91.7%
In this district, 1,079 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,018 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
4
in this district
LANGTHWAITE SURGERY
CHURCH VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, LANGTHWAITE RD, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP
ODS code B87036
PARK GREEN SURGERY
LANGTHWAITE ROAD, LANGTHWAITE GRANGE IND ESTATE, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP
ODS code B87006
THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP
ODS code B87026
WHITE ROSE SURGERY
EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD
ODS code B87016
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,906 published events cover 12 months, averaging 409 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,300 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.