Property market | £194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (16.8 miles) | |
Broadband | 43.5mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 93.0% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 7.0% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 459 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 182 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Hemsworth level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.6 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wakefield) | |
Commute (approx) | - Leeds (23 mins) - York (59 mins) | |
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£194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (16.8 miles) | |
43.5mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.6 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 459 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 182 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Hemsworth level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wakefield) | |
- Leeds (23 mins) - York (59 mins) | |
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Ackton has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Featherstone, Lidl Featherstone. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Baxterstorey, Giddy Up Grub, Servest, Twisted Tree. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: The Precinct Cafe, War Horse Cafe @ Featherstone Lions. Ackton has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Ackton has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £333,811, which is up 5.4% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £194,966 (up 3.3% on last year) , a terraced house £158,557 (up 2.1% on last year) and a flat £103,014. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £539 per month. Property prices in Ackton are similar to the average property prices across West Yorkshire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Ackton, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the West Yorkshire region.
Property data is based on Wakefield level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Ackton, or click here to browse the longer list of Ackton property transactions from 2023.
Address | Details |
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2, Stretton Close, Pontefract, West Yorkshire , WF7 6HT | Detached - Sold for £435,000 on 08/04/2023 |
32, Springfield View, Pontefract, West Yorkshire , WF7 6HG | Terraced - Sold for £128,000 on 06/12/2023 |
Ackton has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Cutsyke Road, Pontefract. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Featherstone Purston Infant School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | No |
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Featherstone Purston Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/10/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/14/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/22/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (6/16/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (6/30/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Castleford | |
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (5/9/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract |
School | Type |
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Featherstone Purston Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/10/2013) |
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/14/2013) |
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (3/22/2012) |
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/16/2016) |
Ackton Pastures Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/30/2016) |
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/9/2019) |
Station | Distance from Ackton | Commute options |
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Featherstone A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +22% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 36 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 71 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 116 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 137 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 157 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Streethouse A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +17% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 32 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 67 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 112 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 133 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 153 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Normanton A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Leeds (32 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 68 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 113 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 146 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Woodlesford A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -5% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (12 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 47 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 92 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 143 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 168 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Moorthorpe A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Leeds (27 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (52 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 89 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (93 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 146 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 180 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
South Elmsall A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +5% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Leeds (35 mins - Northern Trains - £134 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 51 mins - Grand Central) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 116 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 127 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 130 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Wakefield) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Wakefield residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 93.0% | 81.7% |
Asian | 3.6% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.3% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.7% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Hemsworth consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.9% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 8.6% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 9.1% | 459 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 17.2% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 7.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 12.8% | |
Routine occupations | 20.5% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.3% | 182 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in West Yorkshire is average (69mbps). Ackton is slower than this, with average download speeds of 43.5mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Hemsworth level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 43.5 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.9% |
Crime stats were found at the Wakefield level:
Type | Wakefield | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 135 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 19 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 56 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Ackton.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Yorkshire | River Calder | River Calder from Brighouse to Castleford including Chickenley Beck, Spring Mill Beck and Waindike |
Yorkshire | River Went | The River Went and Hoyle Mill Stream from Ackworth Moor Top to the River Don |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Ackton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 9.1% residents in higher managerial positions 9.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Boston Spa, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 7Secondary: 4 | 17.1% residents in higher managerial positions 6.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 32Secondary: 9 | 20.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Otley, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 15.9% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Roundhay, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 24Secondary: 6 | 20.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Todmorden, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £207,935 Detached: £344,627 | 124 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 14.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 | 11.0% residents in higher managerial positions 11.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Ackton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Boston Spa, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 7Secondary: 4 |
Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 32Secondary: 9 |
Otley, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Roundhay, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 24Secondary: 6 |
Todmorden, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £207,935 Detached: £344,627 | 124 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 |
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