Compare

Thornes

Middle area

West Wakefield. 6,273 people in 4.2 square kilometres.

Open in map

Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Thornes’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£224,500
2,068th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,091
2,878th lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thornes compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

ThornesMiddle
Median sale price45 middle areas, Wakefield · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Wakefield45 areas from £147,500 to £362,500. The middle area is £198,750. Thornes is £224,500.
£224,50013th highest
Population45 middle areas, Wakefield · 2021
Population: every middle area in Wakefield45 areas from 5,499 to 11,902. The middle area is 7,901. Thornes is 6,091.
6,0915th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage45 middle areas, Wakefield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Wakefield45 areas from 70.3% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.0%. Thornes is 98.6%.
98.6%joint 11th highest
Claimant rate45 middle areas, Wakefield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Wakefield45 areas from 1.3% to 8.2%. The middle area is 3.4%. Thornes is 5.5%.
5.5%joint 5th highest

Figures for the whole of Wakefield

These figures are published for the whole of Wakefield, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wakefield and not Thornes alone. See Wakefield

Average house price
£199,347
Up 4.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,400
41st lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.2
59th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thornes in brief

The median price paid for a home in Thornes was £224,500 in 2025.

Thornes had 6,091 usual residents at the census.

In Thornes, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thornes, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.