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WF9 2LS

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Pontefract
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 2LR 60 m
WF9 2EZ 84 m
WF9 2LW 93 m
WF9 2HN 108 m
WF9 2GN 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.588324
Longitude
-1.300165
British National Grid easting
446,424
British National Grid northing
410,419

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
E04013431
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059815
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 044D · E01011863
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 044 · E02002481

Postcode source versions

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Property

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16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
46, Beech Street, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2LS 5 December 2023 £190,000
35, Beech Street, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2LS 14 July 2021 £85,000
55, Beech Street, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2LS 28 February 2019 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    646 m

  2. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    694 m

  3. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    794 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,726
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 810
  • Criminal damage and arson 154
  • Anti social behaviour 150
  • Public order 133
  • Shoplifting 113

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
79

50 female, 29 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.6
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 2 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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
88.2%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    670 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    670 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    902 m

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.4 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

    THE THURNSCOE LIFT BUILDING, HOLLY BUSH DRIVE, THURNSCOE, ROTHERHAM, S63 0LU

    ODS code Y00411

    4.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Beech Street

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.0 miles

  • Vickers Avenue

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • South Avenue

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • Lime Crescent

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Lane

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 044D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,393 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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
10
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 £190,000 from 1 recorded sale in WF9 2LS. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is the nearest published school at 646 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,726 published events cover 12 months, averaging 143.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 810 events.

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