18,715
Households
White Brit. · 68%
Ethnicity
Christian · 42%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
£215,667
Median property price
1,256
Postcodes
Sold prices in WF1
England & WalesProperty sales · WF1
HM Land Registry · WF1
Average price
£221,438
YoY: +1.1%
Median price: £208,258
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Recent sale price trend
Sep '24 – Aug '26Aug '26: 10 sales · avg £258,900
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£259k£222k£185k
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
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Demographics in WF1
Ethnicity
White Brit.68.2%
Pakistani10.4%
Other White8.5%
African3.0%
Indian1.9%
+ 2 other groups · 8.0%
Religion
Christian42.2%
No religion35.5%
Muslim14.8%
Not answered5.5%
Hindu1.0%
+ other · 0.9%
Age groups
35–4921.1%
50–6418.1%
25–3416.2%
65–748.8%
10–156.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.9%
Households
Other23.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.5%
Any member 66+11.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.7%
Cohabiting couple family: No children7.8%
+ 8 other households · 34.6%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for WF1
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.77 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.77 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
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Overview of WF1
Coordinates53.6876, -1.4934
Postcodes
1,256
Population (Census)
43,329
Households (Census)
18,715
Wards in WF1
Wrenthorpe & Outwood West
IMD 7.30178 postcodes
Stanley & Outwood East
IMD 6.52143 postcodes
Wakefield North
IMD 3.20373 postcodes
Wakefield West
IMD 3.0617 postcodes
Crofton, Ryhill & Walton
IMD 3.004 postcodes
Wakefield East
IMD 2.50396 postcodes
Normanton
IMD 2.0029 postcodes
Wakefield South
IMD 1.73116 postcodes
Postcodes in WF1
WF1 1AAWF1 1ADWF1 1AHWF1 1AJWF1 1ALWF1 1ANWF1 1APWF1 1ARWF1 1ATWF1 1AUWF1 1BAWF1 1BBWF1 1BDWF1 1BWWF1 1DDWF1 1DEWF1 1DFWF1 1DGWF1 1DHWF1 1DLWF1 1DRWF1 1DSWF1 1DWWF1 1DXWF1 1DYWF1 1DZWF1 1EAWF1 1EDWF1 1EHWF1 1ELWF1 1EPWF1 1EWWF1 1HAWF1 1HBWF1 1HDWF1 1HFWF1 1HGWF1 1HPWF1 1HRWF1 1HSWF1 1HUWF1 1HXWF1 1JAWF1 1JDWF1 1JGWF1 1JNWF1 1JRWF1 1JUWF1 1JXWF1 1JYWF1 1JZWF1 1LBWF1 1LEWF1 1LGWF1 1LHWF1 1LJWF1 1LQWF1 1LRWF1 1LTWF1 1LWWF1 1LXWF1 1NEWF1 1NFWF1 1NGWF1 1NHWF1 1NJWF1 1NLWF1 1NPWF1 1NQWF1 1NRWF1 1NUWF1 1NWWF1 1NXWF1 1PAWF1 1PBWF1 1PGWF1 1PHWF1 1PJWF1 1PLWF1 1PNWF1 1PQWF1 1PRWF1 1PSWF1 1PTWF1 1PUWF1 1QAWF1 1QBWF1 1QEWF1 1QFWF1 1QGWF1 1QLWF1 1QNWF1 1QQWF1 1QRWF1 1QSWF1 1QTWF1 1QUWF1 1QWWF1 1QXWF1 1QYWF1 1RFWF1 1RGWF1 1RHWF1 1RJWF1 1RLWF1 1RNWF1 1RSWF1 1RXWF1 1SAWF1 1SEWF1 1SPWF1 1SSWF1 1TAWF1 1TBWF1 1TGWF1 1TJWF1 1TLWF1 1TNWF1 1TPWF1 1TQ
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