WF9 2LU

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 2LX 47 m
WF9 2LY 48 m
WF9 2LJ 71 m
WF9 2LN 92 m
WF9 2LT 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.586413
Longitude
-1.300831
British National Grid easting
446,382
British National Grid northing
410,206

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
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

Explore WF9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Lime Crescent, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2LU 21 February 2018 £62,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    854 m
  2. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    887 m
  3. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,565
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 720
  • Criminal damage and arson 138
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Public order 127
  • Shoplifting 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

21 female, 23 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.4% 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
100%

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

    718 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    718 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    1.1 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00411

    4.4 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.5 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

  • Lime Crescent

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.0 miles
  • Beech Street

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles
  • Vickers Avenue

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles
  • Broad Lane

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles
  • Beech Street

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 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
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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is the nearest published school at 854 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,565 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 720 events.

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