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18.08.2014
Wakefield
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Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network |
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Location: Yorkshire and the Humber Population: 333,759 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: A couple of famous nursery rhymes orginate from Wakefield, including The Grand Old Duke of York (from the Battle of Wakefield in 1460 when the Duke of York was killed) & Here we go round the Mulbery Bush, from Wakefield High Security Prison.
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Wakefield is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Wakefield Information |
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| Phone number 01924 306090 |
Website http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/ |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Leeds City Region |
| Frequency of elections Elections are by thirds |
Number of councillors 63 |
Political composition Labour - 53 Conservative - 7 UKIP - 2 Independent - 1 |
| MPs Hemsworth - Jon Trickett (Labour) Morley and Outwood - Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative) Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford - Yvette Cooper (Labour) Wakefield - Mary Creagh (Labour) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.7% Ten Year Population Change + 4.7% |
| Police Authority West Yorkshire Police Authority |
Fire Service West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service |
Health Authority NHS Yorkshire & the Humber |
| Area 33,851 Hectares |
Rural Output Areas 193 rural OAs from 1085 OAs in total |
Audited by Northern Region (Audit Commission) |
| Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with City and Town |
Population by Area- (Density) 9.86 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 30 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 0 |
Number of Parish Councils 19 |
Number of Town Councils 5 |
| Average house price £130,000 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016) |
Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied |
Average age of population 40.2 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Castleford, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Horbury, Knottingley, Normanton, Ossett, Outwood, Pontefract, South Elmsall, South Kirkby, Wakefield |
Unemployment rate 1.3% (JSA claimants for August 2017) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £1,138.77 2015/2016 Council Tax - £1,161.43 2016/2017 Council Tax - £1,184.54 2017/2018 Council Tax - £1,268.04 |
| Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 17.2% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 42.7% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 11.3% (2011 Census data) |
| Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 33.6% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 39.7% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 26.9% 1 car or van - 43.2% 2 cars or vans - 24.0% 3 cars or vans - 4.6% 4 or more cars and vans - 1.4% |
Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied |
National Park/AONBs None |
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool
(Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) |
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