WF9 2WA

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 2HX 37 m
WF9 2HY 61 m
WF9 2HS 79 m
WF9 2WD 92 m
WF9 2HR 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2WA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.593272
Longitude
-1.287150
British National Grid easting
447,280
British National Grid northing
410,978

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
E00059811
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 044C · E01011862
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 044 · E02002481

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Camelot Way, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2WA 17 June 2025 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    388 m
  2. Ash Grove Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    587 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    951 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,429
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 668
  • Criminal damage and arson 134
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Other theft 100
  • Public order 100

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

    495 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    1.6 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    1.6 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.9 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

  • South Elmsall Bus Station

    BCS · South Elmsall

    0.0 miles
  • South Elmsall Bus Station

    BCS · South Elmsall

    0.0 miles
  • South Elmsall Bus Station

    BCS · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles
  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RSE · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles
  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RSE · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 044C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,677 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £195,000 from 1 recorded sale in WF9 2WA. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 388 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,429 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 668 events.

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