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WF9 2GS

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 2AU 66 m
WF9 2FD 69 m
WF9 2AX 114 m
WF9 2BD 136 m
WF9 2AY 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2GS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.596277
Longitude
-1.303025
British National Grid easting
446,226
British National Grid northing
411,302

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby · E05016537
Parish or community
E04013432
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059854
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 043C · E01011870
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 043 · E02002480

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    125 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    267 m

  3. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    766 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,911
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 882
  • Criminal damage and arson 173
  • Anti social behaviour 162
  • Public order 148
  • Other theft 124

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF9 2 residents
11,425

Age bands in WF9 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,931 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,229 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,842 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,986 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

2,198 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    626 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    840 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    840 m

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Minsthorpe Ln Longdale Drive

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.0 miles

  • Minsthorpe Ln Longdale Drive

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.0 miles

  • Moorthorpe Rail Station

    RSE · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles

  • Moorthorpe Rail Station

    RLY · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles

  • Minsthorpe Lane Ings Walk

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 043C, 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

13,693 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is the nearest published school at 125 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,911 published events cover 12 months, averaging 159.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 882 events.

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