Property market | £194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (17.1 miles) | |
Broadband | 68.8mbps 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 402 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 164 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wakefield level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.6 | Population of 17,032 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wakefield) | |
Commute (approx) | - Leeds (14 mins) - York (42 mins) | |
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£194,966 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (17.1 miles) | |
68.8mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.6 | 17,032 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 402 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 164 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wakefield level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wakefield) | |
- Leeds (14 mins) - York (42 mins) | |
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Wakefield Rural has one main store nearby, M&S Woolley Edge M1 Moto SF. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: British Oak, Station Pub. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Burger King, Delta Force, The Barn. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Costa Coffee, Visitor Ctr Restaurant & Coffee Shop.
The property market in Wakefield Rural 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 Wakefield Rural 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 Wakefield Rural, 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 Wakefield Rural, or click here to browse the longer list of Wakefield Rural property transactions from 2023.
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Wakefield Rural has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Painthorpe Lane, Wakefield. 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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Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/11/2017) | 37 submissions 97.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Wakefield |
West Bretton Junior and Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/24/2011) | 46 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Wakefield |
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/20/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Wakefield |
School | Type |
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Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/11/2017) 37 submissions 97.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
West Bretton Junior and Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/24/2011) 46 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/20/2019) |
Station | Distance from Wakefield Rural | Commute options |
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Darton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Leeds (50 mins - Northern Trains - £134 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 86 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 106 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 123 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 173 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Dewsbury A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -2% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (15 mins - TransPennine Express - £104 monthly fare) View details - York (42 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (55 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 |
Ravensthorpe A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (26 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (52 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 69 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 155 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Batley A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Leeds (17 mins - Northern Trains - £88 monthly fare) View details - York (46 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 69 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 148 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 173 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Barnsley A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Leeds (45 mins - Northern Trains - £196 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 69 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 93 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 112 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 175 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Dodworth A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +1% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 55 mins - Northern Trains - £203 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 104 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 105 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 122 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 Wakefield 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 | 11.7% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 9.2% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 9.8% | 402 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 18.1% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.0% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.9% | |
Routine occupations | 18.4% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.6% | 164 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.2% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in West Yorkshire is average (69mbps). Wakefield Rural is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 68.8mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Wakefield level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 68.8 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 96.3% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.3% |
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 Wakefield Rural.
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 | Ings Beck, Alverthorpe Beck, Balne Beck, Oakenshaw Beck | Alverthorpe Beck, Balne Beck, Ings Beck and Oakenshaw Beck in Wakefield |
Yorkshire | River Calder | River Calder from Brighouse to Castleford including Chickenley Beck, Spring Mill Beck and Waindike |
Yorkshire | River Dearne, River Dove | River Dearne and its tributaries from Denby Dale to Mexborough |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Wakefield Rural, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 9.8% residents in higher managerial positions 9.6% 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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Wakefield Rural, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £194,966 Detached: £333,811 | 135 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
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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