WF9 5LN

Hemsworth · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Pontefract
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 5LJ 178 m
WF9 5LH 256 m
WF9 5HY 267 m
WF9 4UJ 359 m
WF9 4UH 361 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 5LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 5
Latitude
53.620236
Longitude
-1.346820
British National Grid easting
443,303
British National Grid northing
413,940

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
E00059438
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 042B · E01011788
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 042 · E02002479

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
53, Station Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 5LN 18 December 2025 £650,000
61a, Station Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 5LN 14 April 2022 £785,000
53, Station Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 5LN 21 January 2022 £490,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
26
Primary
22
Secondary
2
  1. Outwood Academy Hemsworth

    Academy sponsor led

    493 m
  2. West End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    952 m
  3. Grove Lea Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,186
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 534
  • Shoplifting 115
  • Anti social behaviour 107
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Public order 89

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

14 female, 10 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.4
WF9 5 residents
5,308

Age bands in WF9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.1%

1,051 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

520 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

1,470 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

1,291 residents

Age 65 and over
17%

890 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF9 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
40%

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    1.1 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    2.8 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87036

    4.2 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code B87006

    4.2 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Road Woodlands Crescent

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.1 miles
  • Butcher Hill Woodlands Crescent

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Royd Moor Lane

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Pontefract Rd Royd Moor Lane

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Station Rd Lowfield Road

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.3 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 £650,000 from 3 recorded sales in WF9 5LN. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 2 secondary schools. Outwood Academy Hemsworth is the nearest published school at 493 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,186 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 534 events.

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