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WF9 5NG

Hemsworth · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Pontefract
Ward
Hemsworth
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 5EA 50 m
WF9 5HN 83 m
WF9 5JA 273 m
WF9 5EL 295 m
WF9 5EB 325 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 5NG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 5
Latitude
53.622466
Longitude
-1.363749
British National Grid easting
442,181
British National Grid northing
414,178

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
E00059428
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 039B · E01011789
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 039 · E02002476

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

Property

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53 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kinsley Church Apartments, Wakefield Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, WF9 5NG 4 August 2017 £1,996,800
Kinsley Church Apartments, 7, Wakefield Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, WF9 5NG 21 July 2016 £55,000
Kinsley Church Apartments, 11, Wakefield Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, WF9 5NG 21 July 2016 £55,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
18
Secondary
2

  1. West End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    853 m

  2. King's Meadow Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. Outwood Academy Hemsworth

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,189
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 588
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Shoplifting 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Public order 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

2 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.6
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 0.2% 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
100%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    1.3 km

  • COLLEGE LANE SURGERY

    BARNSLEY ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7HZ

    ODS code B87003

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Hemsworth Water Park

    BCT · Kinsley

    0.0 miles

  • Hemsworth Water Park

    BCT · Kinsley

    0.0 miles

  • Kinsley Stadium

    BCT · Kinsley

    0.2 miles

  • Kinsley Stadium

    BCT · Kinsley

    0.3 miles

  • Vale Head Park

    BCT · Hemsworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 039B, 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

2,530 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
5 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. West End Academy is the nearest published school at 853 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,189 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 588 events.

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