Castleford West

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,994 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

19Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Castleford West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,578 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 45 in Wakefield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (9). Typical homes here sold for about £173,750 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 118 sales), 15% below the wider Wakefield median of £205,000.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 25 · #5,112
Employment 17 · #5,660
Education 15 · #5,804
Health 9 · #6,216
Crime 10 · #6,188
Housing & access 84 · #1,115
Living environment 48 · #3,528

House prices ?

£173,750median (12m) · -7.6% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£173,750118-7.6%+12.1%
Detached£250,00021-15.3%+13.7%
Semi-detached£175,00043-7.9%+20.7%
Terraced£140,00049-3.4%+8.7%
Flat£105,0005+10.5%
This area£173,750
Wakefield£205,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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