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WF9 3XF

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 3AP 241 m
WF9 3NR 254 m
WF9 2GN 323 m
WF9 2GP 346 m
WF9 2GQ 382 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 3XF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 3
Latitude
53.589089
Longitude
-1.306557
British National Grid easting
446,000
British National Grid northing
410,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby · E05016537
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
22
Primary
19
Secondary
2

  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

    Academy sponsor led

    650 m

  2. Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

    Community school

    767 m

  3. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    993 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,921
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 832
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Public order 153
  • Anti social behaviour 150

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    241 m

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    241 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

    4.0 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

    THE THURNSCOE LIFT BUILDING, HOLLY BUSH DRIVE, THURNSCOE, ROTHERHAM, S63 0LU

    ODS code Y00411

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Vickers Avenue

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.2 miles

  • Beech Street

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.3 miles

  • Lime Crescent

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.3 miles

  • Moorthorpe Rail Station

    RSE · Moorthorpe

    0.4 miles

  • Moorthorpe Station

    BCT · Moorthorpe

    0.4 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is the nearest published school at 650 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,921 published events cover 12 months, averaging 160.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 832 events.

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