WF9 3AE

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 3QE 64 m
WF9 3JY 75 m
WF9 3JX 77 m
WF9 3LA 109 m
WF9 3AA 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3AE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 April 2025
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.594223
Longitude
-1.314632
British National Grid easting
445,460
British National Grid northing
411,066

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
E00059846
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 043D · E01011871
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 043 · E02002480

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Langthwaite House, Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3AE 30 October 2020 £300,000
Langthwaite House, Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3AE 17 January 2002 £176,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    378 m
  2. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

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

    Academy sponsor led

    873 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,933
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 874
  • Shoplifting 182
  • Criminal damage and arson 161
  • Public order 157
  • Anti social behaviour 152

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF9 3 residents
8,690

Age bands in WF9 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,760 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

980 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

2,281 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,305 residents

Age 65 and over
17.5%

1,557 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.

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+
96.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.4%
Gigabit-capable
96.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
96.4%

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    570 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    570 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    1.4 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.3 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

    THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code Y05363

    4.8 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FED, GRIMETHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, ACORN WAY, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code Y05248

    4.8 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

    THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code C85018

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • South Kirkby Church

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • South Kirkby Church

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • S Kirkby Recreation Ground

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 043D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,986 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Northfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 378 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 161.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 874 events.

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