WF9 4GD

Hemsworth · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 4SU 82 m
WF9 4FF 91 m
WF9 4DF 100 m
WF9 4TT 109 m
WF9 4FX 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 4GD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 4
Latitude
53.606346
Longitude
-1.348077
British National Grid easting
443,234
British National Grid northing
412,394

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Hemsworth · E05016530
Parish or community
E04013428
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059455
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 042C · E01011790
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 042 · E02002479

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Woodlands Place, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4GD 31 March 2025 £250,000
6, Woodlands Place, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4GD 14 March 2025 £250,000
8, Woodlands Place, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4GD 14 March 2025 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Grove Lea Primary School

    Academy converter

    484 m
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    642 m
  3. St Helen's CE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    998 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,223
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 568
  • Shoplifting 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Public order 89

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

8

within 5 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    737 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    3.1 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    3.1 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    3.8 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.2 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.2 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.2 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.3 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 Crescent

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Hague Crescent

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Street

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Street

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Southmoor Rd Ashfield Road

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 042C, 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

2,302 of 33,755

Income
2 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £250,000 from 3 recorded sales in WF9 4GD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Grove Lea Primary School is the nearest published school at 484 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,223 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 568 events.

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