WF9 3AW

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 3DZ 193 m
WF9 3AS 205 m
WF9 3AR 218 m
WF9 3NR 219 m
WF9 3BJ 220 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3AW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.592702
Longitude
-1.309520
British National Grid easting
445,800
British National Grid northing
410,900

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
18
Secondary
2
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    556 m
  2. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    589 m
  3. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    753 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,005
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 872
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Anti social behaviour 163
  • Criminal damage and arson 162
  • Public order 159

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    309 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    309 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    1.1 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • S Kirkby Recreation Ground

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • S Kirkby Recreation Ground

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • Moorthorpe Station

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.2 miles
  • Moorthorpe Station

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.2 miles
  • Moorthorpe Rail Station

    RSE · Moorthorpe

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is the nearest published school at 556 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,005 published events cover 12 months, averaging 167.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 872 events.

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