WF9 3QD

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 3QG 37 m
WF9 3QF 58 m
WF9 3QR 122 m
WF9 3NX 130 m
WF9 3QP 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3QD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.593023
Longitude
-1.317054
British National Grid easting
445,301
British National Grid northing
410,931

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
E00059865
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 045C · E01011868
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 045 · E02002482

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    316 m
  2. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

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

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,838
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 825
  • Shoplifting 170
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Anti social behaviour 150
  • Public order 148

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

14 female, 8 male

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

This postcode contained 0.3% 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

    585 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    585 m

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    1.6 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    3.2 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.6 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.6 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.6 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
  • Stockingate Park Estate

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • South Kirkby Green

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 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 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Northfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 316 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,838 published events cover 12 months, averaging 153.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 825 events.

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