WF8

Census 2021 — Full Demographic Breakdown

The Census 2021 data below shows the full population breakdown for WF8 district. Figures are sourced from the Office for National Statistics and cover ethnicity, age, religion, education, occupation, housing tenure, and more.

groups36,404residents
verified Published by PostcodeInfo.uk·ONS Census 2021·Data: 2021 (published March 2023) — updated at each Census cycle
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Ethnicity

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District
4/10
City
6/10
WF8 Wakefield UK
White: English
93.2%88.2%74.4%
White: Other White
2.9%4.4%6.2%
Other Asian
0.5%0.6%1.6%
African
0.5%1.0%2.5%
Indian
0.4%0.6%3.1%
White and Asian
0.4%0.5%0.8%
White and Black Caribbean
0.3%0.4%0.9%
Chinese
0.3%0.3%0.7%
Pakistani
0.3%2.0%2.7%
Other Mixed
0.3%0.3%0.8%
Any other ethnic group
0.3%0.6%1.6%
White: Irish
0.2%0.3%0.9%
White and Black African
0.1%0.2%0.4%
Caribbean
0.1%0.1%1.0%
Other Black
0.1%0.2%0.5%
White: Gypsy
0.0%0.1%0.1%
Arab
0.0%0.2%0.6%
White: Roma
0.0%0.1%0.2%
Bangladeshi
0.0%0.0%1.1%

Main Ethnicity

White: English

93.2% of the population (UK avg: 74.4%)

arrow_upward Higher than Wakefield average

White: English+5.0pp

arrow_downward Lower than Wakefield average

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