WF9 3LN

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 3DX 69 m
WF9 3NJ 70 m
WF9 3AG 79 m
WF9 3BS 91 m
WF9 3TE 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.596196
Longitude
-1.318589
British National Grid easting
445,196
British National Grid northing
411,283

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
E00168735
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 045C · E01011868
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 045 · E02002482

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Lower Northfield Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3LN 25 July 2019 £220,000
1, Lower Northfield Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3LN 22 May 2019 £255,000
1, Lower Northfield Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3LN 30 January 2004 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    147 m
  2. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,676
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 735
  • Shoplifting 170
  • Criminal damage and arson 141
  • Public order 134
  • Anti social behaviour 131

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
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

7

within 5 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    903 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    903 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    1.7 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    2.9 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.7 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.7 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.7 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 Kirkby Church

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • South Kirkby Church

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.1 miles
  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • Prospect Terrace

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 045C, 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

8,099 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Northfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 147 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,676 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 735 events.

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