WF9 4DH

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 4DG 178 m
WF9 3FL 553 m
WF9 3TH 587 m
WF9 3TJ 646 m
WF9 4TF 661 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 4DH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 4
Latitude
53.601692
Longitude
-1.338538
British National Grid easting
443,870
British National Grid northing
411,882

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
E00059871
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 045A · E01011864
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
26
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Grove Lea Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Northfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km
  3. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,390
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 619
  • Shoplifting 138
  • Anti social behaviour 118
  • Criminal damage and arson 117
  • Public order 99

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

2 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
WF9 4 residents
8,857

Age bands in WF9 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,487 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

915 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

2,169 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,466 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,913 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 4 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
0%

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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    1.5 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    2.3 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    2.3 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    3.1 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.1 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.1 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.1 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.8 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

  • Hague Hall

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • Hague Hall

    BCT · South Kirkby

    0.2 miles
  • Bridge House

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.3 miles
  • Bridge House

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.3 miles
  • Hague Crescent

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 045A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,492 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Grove Lea Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,390 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 619 events.

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