# WF11 8RL: area report for a postcode in Wakefield

WF11 8RL is a postcode in Wakefield.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wakefield. Open the map at WF11 8RL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) › [WF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf11) › [WF11 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf11-8)

## Around this postcode

- **60 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 43% on July. Wakefield 010C: 175 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **Knottingley, 70 m**: About 1 minute on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **No property in WF11 8RL listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Wakefield 010C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **£199,347 average price**: For the whole of Wakefield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 970 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WF11 8RL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **Moderate road and rail noise at WF11 8RL**: Road 47 dB, rail 61 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL
- **14.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Vale Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-vale-primary-academy-e138332) | Primary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Simpson's Lane Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/simpsons-lane-academy-e138535) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Balance Alternative Provision](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balance-alternative-provision-e150171) | Special | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [England Lane Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/england-lane-academy-e140333) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [De Lacy Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/de-lacy-academy-e138006) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 45.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Botolphs CE Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-botolphs-ce-academy-e145576) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Willow Green Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willow-green-academy-e138401) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brotherton-and-byram-community-primary-academy-e141393) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £377,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| June 2026 | £205,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2024 | £127,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| January 2023 | £170,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |
| July 2026 | £262,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 270 m |
| February 2023 | £141,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 280 m |
| December 2025 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 290 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Knottingley (70 m, 1 minute on foot)
- GP practices: ASH GROVE (970 m)
- Pharmacies: HILL TOP PHARMACY (260 m); ALLIED PHARMACY FERRYBRIDGE (880 m); ASH GROVE PHARMACY (970 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (360 m); HILL TOP (DENTAL SURGERY) (360 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Knottingley (490 m, Morrisons); Lidl Knottingley (820 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £199,347** (July 2026). Wakefield’s average house price was £199,347 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,400** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wakefield earned a median of £34,400 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 41st lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Wakefield costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.2** (2025). Wakefield has a deprivation score of 27.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 59th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wakefield 010C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 29.8** (2025). Wakefield 010C has a deprivation score of 29.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,351st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £186,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wakefield 010C was £186,250 in 2025. Joint 5,362nd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,014** (2021). Wakefield 010C had 2,014 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 5,071st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.0%** (January 2026). In Wakefield 010C, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WF11 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF11 was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 304th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 17,819** (2021). WF11 had 17,819 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,159th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in WF11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In WF11, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)
- Centre: 53.7069, -1.2600

Council: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pontefract-castleford-and-knottingley): Yvette Cooper (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.2600,53.7069,WF118RL

## How to cite

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