WF9 4HU

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 4HX 48 m
WF9 4JA 73 m
WF9 4JE 79 m
WF9 4HT 98 m
WF9 4JG 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 4HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 4
Latitude
53.613360
Longitude
-1.346911
British National Grid easting
443,304
British National Grid northing
413,175

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
E00059449
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 042B · E01011788
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 042 · E02002479

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Cottam Croft, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4HU 22 May 2026 £240,500
7, Cottam Croft, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4HU 20 November 2025 £237,500
9, Cottam Croft, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4HU 7 March 2025 £237,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
25
Secondary
3
  1. Grove Lea Primary School

    Academy converter

    329 m
  2. Outwood Academy Hemsworth

    Academy sponsor led

    358 m
  3. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    611 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,267
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 590
  • Shoplifting 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 112
  • Anti social behaviour 103
  • Public order 94

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

28 female, 22 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.2
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 0.6% 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
19.2%

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 straight-line

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    514 m

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.5 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    3.6 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    3.6 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    4.0 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.9 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.9 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Road Lowfield Rd

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Station Rd Lowfield Road

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Station Rd Lowfield Road

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Hemsworth Bus Station

    BCS · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Hemsworth Bus Station

    BCS · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 042B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,198 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £200,000 from 9 recorded sales in WF9 4HU. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 3 secondary schools. Grove Lea Primary School is the nearest published school at 329 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,267 published events cover 12 months, averaging 105.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 590 events.

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