WF9 3BD

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 3BB 17 m
WF9 3AZ 66 m
WF9 3BE 100 m
WF9 3BA 102 m
WF9 3DH 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.596175
Longitude
-1.308572
British National Grid easting
445,859
British National Grid northing
411,287

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
E00059860
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 043D · E01011871
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 043 · E02002480

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Clock Row Avenue, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3BD 22 October 2018 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

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

    Academy sponsor led

    527 m
  3. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    770 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,928
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 880
  • Anti social behaviour 164
  • Criminal damage and arson 163
  • Public order 152
  • Shoplifting 139

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 3 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

4

within 5 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    700 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    700 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    990 m

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • S Kirkby Recreation Ground

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • S Kirkby Recreation Ground

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • Minsthorpe Lane Ings Walk

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Minsthorpe Lane Ings Walk

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.1 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.

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

19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is the nearest published school at 453 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,928 published events cover 12 months, averaging 160.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 880 events.

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