Property market | £194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Doncaster Sheffield (17.6 miles) | |
Broadband | 68.9mbps average broadband speeds (fast 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 486 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 193 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 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 (39 mins) - York (69 mins) | |
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£194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Doncaster Sheffield (17.6 miles) | |
68.9mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.6 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 486 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 193 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wakefield) | |
- Leeds (39 mins) - York (69 mins) | |
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South Moor has one main store nearby, Sainsburys Racca Green Local. We found one nearby restaurant: Knottingley RUFC.
The property market in South Moor 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 South Moor 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 South Moor, 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 South Moor, or click here to browse the longer list of South Moor property transactions from 2023.
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South Moor has a couple of schools nearby, including De Lacy Academy (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Middle Lane, Knottingley. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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De Lacy Academy Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (4/6/2022) | 78 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Knottingley |
St Botolphs CE Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (7/6/2022) | 37 submissions 95.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Knottingley |
School | Type |
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De Lacy Academy Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (4/6/2022) 78 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
St Botolphs CE Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (7/6/2022) 37 submissions 95.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Station | Distance from South Moor | Commute options |
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Knottingley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +9% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 47 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 82 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 127 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 148 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 155 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Pontefract Monkhill A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +7% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 43 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 69 mins - Grand Central) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 123 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Kings Cross (136 mins - Grand Central) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 144 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 148 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern)) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern)) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 153 mins - Thameslink) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 168 mins - Thameslink) View details |
South Milford A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (28 mins - Northern Trains - £115 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 34 mins - CrossCountry - £177 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 99 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 150 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 155 mins - Hull Trains) View details |
Sherburn-in-Elmet | 9 miles |
- York (18 mins - Northern Trains - £88 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 31 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 100 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 149 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 151 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 Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 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 | 11.8% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 7.5% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 7.9% | 486 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 17.0% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 7.9% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 13.4% | |
Routine occupations | 21.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.2% | 193 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.3% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in West Yorkshire is average (69mbps). South Moor is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 68.9mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 68.9 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 96.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.8% |
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 South Moor.
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 Aire | River Aire from Ferrybridge to Chapel Haddlesey |
Yorkshire | River Aire | Knottingley including Cow Lane, West Ings Lane, West Ings Way, Marsh End, Marsh Lane, Fernley Green Road, Common Lane, Trundles Lane and Stocking Lane |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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South Moor, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 7.9% residents in higher managerial positions 9.2% 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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South Moor, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 1Secondary: 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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