WF9 4LL

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 4RD 95 m
WF9 4DZ 98 m
WF9 4EA 104 m
WF9 4LJ 113 m
WF9 4RB 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 4LL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 4
Latitude
53.609577
Longitude
-1.355448
British National Grid easting
442,743
British National Grid northing
412,749

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
E00059830
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 042E · E01011867
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 042 · E02002479

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Hamel Rise, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LL 30 May 2025 £168,000
9, Hamel Rise, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LL 11 October 2024 £140,000
26, Hamel Rise, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 4LL 15 March 2024 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
24
Secondary
3
  1. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    112 m
  2. Grove Lea Primary School

    Academy converter

    447 m
  3. St Helen's CE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    481 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,258
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 587
  • Shoplifting 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 113
  • Anti social behaviour 102
  • Public order 93

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
126

60 female, 66 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
2.8
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 1.4% 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
81.3%

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

    266 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    3.7 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    3.7 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    4.1 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05363

    4.3 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y05248

    4.3 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C85018

    4.3 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    4.4 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Southmoor Rd Hemsworth Market

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Southmoor Road

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Moor Top Drive

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Ashfield House

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Rosehill Ave Ferndale Place

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 042E, 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

3,407 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £153,000 from 5 recorded sales in WF9 4LL. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 112 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,258 published events cover 12 months, averaging 104.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 587 events.

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