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WF9 1AW

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 1AN 49 m
WF9 1AP 50 m
WF9 1AS 118 m
WF9 1NW 142 m
WF9 1BF 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 1AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1
Latitude
53.631457
Longitude
-1.304290
British National Grid easting
446,104
British National Grid northing
415,215

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · E05016524
Parish or community
E04000224
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059780
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 034F · E01011857
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 034 · E02002471

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Yankin Villa, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AW 1 November 2024 £355,000
Yankin Villa, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AW 21 September 2023 £270,000
Yankin Villa, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AW 15 June 1999 £145,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    395 m

  2. Oakfield Park School

    Community special school

    2.2 km

  3. Ackworth Mill Dam School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
WF9 1 residents
7,189

Age bands in WF9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,278 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

755 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

1,845 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,252 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 1 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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    2.6 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.0 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    4.1 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, LANGTHWAITE RD, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87036

    4.6 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

    LANGTHWAITE ROAD, LANGTHWAITE GRANGE IND ESTATE, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87006

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.2 miles

  • Badsworth Main Street

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.2 miles

  • Badsworth Main Street

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.3 miles

  • Thorpe Lane

    BCT · Badsworth

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 034F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,993 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

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.

Flood risk

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.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £312,500 from 2 recorded sales in WF9 1AW. 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.

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 395 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.