# South Kirkby

Town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

South Kirkby is a town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £171,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 128.5 per 1,000 people. About 9,282 people.

Town. Code E63001096. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

South Kirkby is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Kirkby add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £171,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in South Kirkby was £171,750 in 2025. 117th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,880** (2021). South Kirkby had 8,880 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 144th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in South Kirkby 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In South Kirkby, 95.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001096) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in South Kirkby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001096) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 136 homes were sold in South Kirkby in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001096) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for South Kirkby.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001096) (Census 2021, England and Wales): South Kirkby had 8,880 usual residents at the census.

## How South Kirkby compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | South Kirkby | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £171,750 | 24th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 8,880 | 14th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.7% | joint 47th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is South Kirkby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Kirkby at a rate of 128.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 107 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Kirkby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (490), other crime (212) and anti-social behaviour (119).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Kirkby was 137.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in South Kirkby, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Kirkby has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in South Kirkby

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wakefield 043D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011871) | 1,462 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.8% |
| [Wakefield 045A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011864) | 1,729 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Wakefield 045B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011866) | 1,723 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wakefield 045C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011868) | 2,172 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Wakefield 045D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011872) | 1,561 | 185.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |

## Your MP

- [Normanton and Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/normanton-and-hemsworth): Jon Trickett (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.

## Council

[Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

## Postcode districts covering South Kirkby

[WF9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf9)

## Middle areas in South Kirkby

[South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/south-kirkby)

## Towns near South Kirkby

[South Elmsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe), [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnsley), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street)

## South Kirkby in brief

South Kirkby is a town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 9,282 people lived in South Kirkby in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £171,750 in 2025 across 136 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 128.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Kirkby was £171,750 in 2025.
South Kirkby had 8,880 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in South Kirkby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Kirkby, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001096
- Constituency: [Normanton and Hemsworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/normanton-and-hemsworth)
- Council: [Wakefield †](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.72 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,282*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 28

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[South Elmsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe), [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnsley), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street)

## Latest updates for South Kirkby

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001096

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby