Property market | £194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (18.5 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 (56 mins) | |
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£194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (18.5 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 (56 mins) | |
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Purston has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Featherstone, Lidl Featherstone. There are many pubs and bars nearby, including: Featherstone Hotel, Featherstone Lions ARLFC, Featherstone Rovers Rlfc, Girnhill Lane WMC, Rovers Return, The Number One, Travellers Rest, White House... (see map below for more bars and associated links). Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Munchbox, Servest. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: The Precinct Cafe, War Horse Cafe @ Featherstone Lions. Purston has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Purston 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 Purston 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 Purston, 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 Purston, or click here to browse the longer list of Purston property transactions from 2023.
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Purston has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Ackworth School (Independent school) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Ackworth, 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 North Featherstone Junior and Infant School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | No |
Ackworth School | Primary & Secondary Other independent school - Mixed | No |
High Well School | Secondary school Community special school - Mixed | No |
The Featherstone Academy | Secondary school Academy sponsor led - Mixed | No |
Featherstone All Saints CofE 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 Girnhill Infant School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (5/9/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/19/2014) | 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 | |
Featherstone Purston Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/10/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
High Well School Save school | Secondary school Community special school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/4/2017) | 12 submissions 84.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract |
The Featherstone Academy Save school | Secondary school Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (2/8/2017) | 29 submissions 49.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract |
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (6/16/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Pontefract | |
Ackworth School Save school | Primary & Secondary Other independent school - Mixed | Pontefract |
School | Type |
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Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/9/2019) |
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/19/2014) |
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/14/2013) |
Featherstone Purston Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/10/2013) |
High Well School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (5/4/2017) 12 submissions 84.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
The Featherstone Academy Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (2/8/2017) 29 submissions 49.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/16/2016) |
Ackworth School Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary |
Station | Distance from Purston | Commute options |
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Featherstone A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +22% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- 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. | 4 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 |
Moorthorpe A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 7 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. | 8 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 |
Woodlesford A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -5% from the previous year. | 9 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 |
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). Purston 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 Purston.
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 |
Yorkshire | Went Beck | Properties in the western part of Purston Jaglin |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Purston, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 6Secondary: 3 | 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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Purston, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 6Secondary: 3 |
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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