THORNES ROAD, WF2 8QN House Prices & Local Information

WF2 8QN is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Thornes Road, 0.3km from Thornes Common in Wakefield. Administratively it sits within Wakefield West ward and the Wakefield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WF2 8QN is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 51) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 57% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £252k, up 30.0% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WF2 8QN are sourced from Output Area E00060039 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.