WF9 2NY

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 2PB 36 m
WF9 2PA 39 m
WF9 2AS 63 m
WF9 2AR 74 m
WF9 2BS 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2NY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.597720
Longitude
-1.300765
British National Grid easting
446,374
British National Grid northing
411,464

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04013432
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059858
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 043B · E01011869
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 043 · E02002480

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28a, Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2NY 23 December 2025 £117,000
22, Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2NY 4 April 2023 £40,000
20a, Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2NY 21 May 2021 £47,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    269 m
  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    408 m
  3. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    747 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,892
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 876
  • Criminal damage and arson 177
  • Anti social behaviour 164
  • Public order 144
  • Other theft 119

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.1% 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
91.7%

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

4

within 5 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    533 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    1.1 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    1.1 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.9 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 Lane Cambridge St

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.0 miles
  • Minsthorpe Lane Cambridge St

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.0 miles
  • Minsthorpe Ln Longdale Drive

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Minsthorpe Ln Longdale Drive

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Little Lane Beaumont Ave

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 043B, 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

1,989 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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 £78,500 from 2 recorded sales in WF9 2NY. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,892 published events cover 12 months, averaging 157.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 876 events.

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