Useful Area information for WILLOW BANK DRIVE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 2WQ

Willow bank drive is in Wakefield in the county of West Yorkshire which resides in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The postcode is within the Pontefract North ward, which is in the constituency of "Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford". This page is a collection of useful information for Willow bank drive, Wakefield, and the neighbourhood in which it resides.

We found 113 house sales in WF8 2WQ. The most recent was sold for £200,000 on 07 May 2020. The most expensive house purchase so far has been sold for £254,000 on 26 Feb 2018 and the lowest has been sold for £71,995 on 30 Apr 1999. If you are interested in more detailed information then keep reading as we give insights about all of them in this page later on.

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Multiple Deprivation Index

15019/32844

Regarding the Index of Multiple Deprivation, WF8 2WQ has a score of 15019 out of 32844.

Most recent sale

£200,000 on 07 May 2020

Most expensive sale

£254,000 on 26 Feb 2018

Least expensive sale

£71,995 on 30 Apr 1999

House prices

Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £200,000 on 07 May 2020
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £208,000 on 05 Aug 2019
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £243,500 on 17 Jun 2019
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £225,000 on 23 Aug 2018
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £195,000 on 03 Aug 2018
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £235,000 on 29 Mar 2018
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £254,000 on 26 Feb 2018
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £200,000 on 30 Nov 2017
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £172,000 on 24 Nov 2017
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £183,000 on 07 Jul 2017
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £230,000 on 03 Apr 2017
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 08 Dec 2016
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £229,000 on 11 Nov 2016
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £220,000 on 19 Apr 2016
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £200,000 on 29 Jan 2016
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 12 Jun 2015
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 29 May 2015
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £179,000 on 26 Jan 2015
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £183,000 on 03 Oct 2014
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £161,000 on 14 Feb 2014
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £165,000 on 24 Jul 2013
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £187,000 on 17 Jul 2012
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £175,000 on 02 Mar 2012
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £168,000 on 30 Sep 2010
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £180,000 on 22 Jan 2010
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 20 Feb 2009
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £163,000 on 20 Mar 2008
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £237,500 on 31 Aug 2007
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £224,000 on 27 Jul 2007
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 30 Mar 2007
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £180,000 on 09 Mar 2007
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £164,950 on 28 Feb 2007
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £173,000 on 10 Nov 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £178,000 on 29 Sep 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £167,000 on 28 Jul 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £206,000 on 05 May 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £212,000 on 28 Apr 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £168,500 on 19 Apr 2006
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £183,000 on 09 Dec 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £170,000 on 14 Oct 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £154,000 on 23 Sep 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £210,000 on 27 Apr 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £206,950 on 08 Apr 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £190,000 on 04 Mar 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 25 Feb 2005
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £189,950 on 16 Jul 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £169,000 on 12 Jul 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £168,000 on 06 Jul 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £165,995 on 01 Jul 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £160,000 on 04 Jun 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £146,500 on 06 Feb 2004
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £140,000 on 23 Dec 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £154,000 on 31 Oct 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £185,000 on 03 Oct 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £139,500 on 29 Sep 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £150,000 on 31 Jul 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £126,500 on 07 Mar 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £139,950 on 17 Jan 2003
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £127,950 on 19 Dec 2002
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £144,950 on 06 Dec 2002
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £113,500 on 04 Oct 2002
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £138,000 on 27 Sep 2002
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £119,950 on 17 May 2002
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £93,187 on 06 Dec 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £110,000 on 30 Nov 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £100,000 on 16 Nov 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £83,000 on 26 Oct 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £93,450 on 19 Oct 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £82,000 on 16 Oct 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £94,000 on 12 Oct 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £83,000 on 21 Sep 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £120,000 on 17 Sep 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £95,000 on 14 Sep 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £107,000 on 07 Sep 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £90,000 on 31 Aug 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £84,000 on 24 Aug 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £81,500 on 15 Aug 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £107,000 on 13 Aug 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £89,000 on 10 Aug 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £89,000 on 27 Jul 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £91,000 on 20 Jul 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £81,950 on 18 Jul 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £85,000 on 12 Jul 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £84,000 on 06 Jul 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £88,000 on 29 Jun 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £115,000 on 22 Jun 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £98,000 on 15 Jun 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £87,950 on 25 May 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £96,000 on 11 May 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £83,000 on 09 May 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £90,500 on 27 Apr 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £104,000 on 20 Apr 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £105,000 on 12 Apr 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £105,000 on 23 Mar 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £99,000 on 21 Mar 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £104,000 on 16 Mar 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £84,500 on 09 Mar 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £86,950 on 16 Feb 2001
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £82,000 on 18 Dec 2000
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £92,000 on 15 Dec 2000
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £97,950 on 16 Nov 2000
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £98,495 on 17 Dec 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £90,495 on 26 Nov 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £76,995 on 29 Oct 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £90,000 on 27 Oct 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £76,995 on 01 Oct 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £79,995 on 02 Jul 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £81,995 on 01 Jul 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £71,995 on 28 May 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £71,995 on 07 May 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £71,995 on 30 Apr 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £76,995 on 20 Apr 1999
Leasehold, Detached house Sold for £76,995 on 30 Mar 1999

Social grade

The figures shown are per-household between the ages of 16-64.

43 - AB - Higher and intermediate managerial, administrative, or professional positions
63 - C1 - Supervisory, clerical, and junior managerial/administrative/professional positions
44 - C2 - Skilled manual workers
26 - DE - Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers; those on state benefit/unemployed, & lowest grade workers

Housing tenure

The national average of social housing is over 18%.

Owned outright: 21
Mortgage: 137
Shared Ownership: 0
Council: 3
Social other: 1
Private rented: 19
Private employer: 0
Private relative: 0
Private other: 0
Rent free: 0

The most common ethnicity is White. Residents have the following ethnicities: 472 White, 0 Gypsy, 1 Indian, 0 Bangladeshi, 1 Other asian, 2 Black, 8 Mixed.

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Passport

Please bear in mind that an individual may hold one or more passports.

No passport: 26
UK: 466
Ireland: 1
Other EU: 2
Other Non EU: 0
Africa: 0
Middle East & Asia: 2
North America & Caribbean: 0
Central America: 0
South America: 0
Antarctica & Oceania: 0
British Overseas: 0

Ethnicity

According to the 2011 Census, the UK population claims itself as 87% white. The second largest group are asian 6% and black 3%.

White: 472
Gypsy: 0
Indian: 1
Pakistani: 5
Bangladeshi: 0
Chinese: 7
Other Asian: 1
Black: 2
Mixed: 8
Other: 1

The most common ethnicity is White. Residents have the following ethnicities: 472 White, 0 Gypsy, 1 Indian, 0 Bangladeshi, 1 Other asian, 2 Black, 8 Mixed.

Accommodation type

Please note that the figures may include adjacent streets

Detached: 130
Semi-detached : 39
Terraced: 13
Flat: 0
Converted house share: 1
Flat in commercial: 0
Caravan: 0

Religion

The UK is mainly a Christian country, with 59% of residents. 25% of the population claim to have no religion. 4% of the population identify themselves as Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist, and 0.4% as other religions, while the remaining 7.2% did not state their religious views.

Christian: 376
Buddhist: 5
Hindu: 0
Jewish: 0
Muslim: 5
Sikh: 0
Other: 1
No religion: 83
Not stated: 27

Income rank

Proportion of the population experiencing deprivation relating to low income

13821/32844

Employment rank

Proportion of the working-age population in an area involuntarily excluded from the labour market

12424/32844

Education skills rank

Lack of attainment skills in local population

8662/32844

Health rank

Risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life

10271/32844

Living environment rank

Measures the quality of the local environment

19252/32844

Income affecting children rank

Proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income deprived families

10313/32844

Income affecting older rank

Proportion of all those aged 60 or over who experience income deprivation.

19590/32844

Children rank

Attainment of qualifications among children

7748/32844

Adult skill rank

Lack of qualifications in the resident working-age adult population

9710/32844

Geographical barrier rank

Physical proximity of local services

18502/32844

Wider barrier rank

Accessability of housing due to affordability

25613/32844

Indoor rank

Quality of housing

23849/32844

Outdoor rank

E.g. Air quality, road accidents

9409/32844

Crime rank

Risk of personal victimisation

22292/32844

Qualification

No qualification: 47
GCSES 1 to 4 any grades: 157
NVQ Level 1: 48
One A level: 148
NVQ Level 2: 79
Apprenticeship: 41
Two plus A level: 62
NVQ Level 3: 76
Degree: 50
NVQ Level 4-5: 20
Professional qualification: 51
Other vocational qualification: 82

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Household size

This data lists the total number of people normally resident within each household.

One: 21
Two: 68
Three: 41
Four: 41
Five: 8
Six: 1
Eight: 1

The median age of this location's residents is 36.0 while the mean age is 32.83099. The most frequent age group is Thirty to fourty-four. These conclusions are made from the following data: 0-4 years: 37, 5-7 years: 20, 8-9 years: 15, 10-14 years: 36, 16-17 years: 15, 18-19 years: 11, 20-24 years: 28, 25-29 years: 24, 25-29 years: 24, 30-44 years: 141, 45-59 years: 131, 60-64 years: 21, 65-74 years: 6, 75-84 years: 1, 85-89 years: 0.

This location in Pontefract is categorised as Urban city and town.

Some people have different preferences regarding the altitude of areas, this postcode's altitude is 33 metres above sea level. Areas at higher altitudes could be more favourable due to the expected rise of sea levels in the not so distant future.

295 had very good health and 1 had very bad in this area.

Room number

This data lists the total number of room each house have.

One: 0
Two: 0
Three: 2
Four: 20
Five: 30
Six: 36
Seven: 56
Eight: 22
Nine: 15

According to the latest census which took place in 2011, this postcode had a population of 181 people that includes overnight visitors as well as permanent residents. Furthermore, there were 58 households.

Gender

Across the UK, the gender split is equal.

Total: 497
Males: 256
Females: 241

Health

Health is usually influenced by age and the affluence of a neighbourhood, since deprived areas often showing poorer standards of health.

Total: 497
Very good: 295
Good: 152
Fair: 37
Bad: 12
Very bad: 1

Many postcodes have been retired over the years but WF8 2WQ is not one of them and it was first introduced on 31 May 1999.

Geographically this area resides in -1.301613 longitude and 53.700939 latitude.

If you are interested in getting to know more about the location codes of this area then it might also be valuable that it resides 446205 eastings and 422949 northings.

Some might find it useful that this area's grid reference number is SE462229. The grid reference number uses cartesian coordinates.

The district code of WF8 2WQ is E08000036 and its county code is E11000019.

Its MSOA code is E02002449, its LSOA code is E01011836, its parish code is E43000190 and its constituency code is E14000836. These codes can come handy when you want to find out more about this location as not all services work with postcode.

Furthermore this area is in a national park.

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Location

Longitude -1.301613
Latitude 53.700939
Easting 446205
Northing 422949
Altitude 33

The geographic X and Y coordinates are the approximate centre of the location covered by WF8 2WQ postal code.

Address

Street WILLOW BANK DRIVE
Locality
Town PONTEFRACT
District WAKEFIELD
County West Yorkshire
District Wakefield
Ward Pontefract North
Country England
Constituency "Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford"
Region Yorkshire and The Humber
Parish "Wakefield, unparished area"

Codes

Active true
Terminated Postcode
County Code E11000019
National Park
Built Up Area Pontefract
Built Up Subdivision Pontefract
Lower Layer Super Output Area Wakefield 012B
Grid Ref SE462229
District Code E08000036
London Zone
LSOA Code E01011836
MSOA Code E02002449
Middle Layer Super Output Area Wakefield 012
Parish Code E43000190
Census Output Area E00059726
Constituency Code E14000836