Wakefield Factsheet
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Area
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Area
340km2
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Local Authorities
Wakefield
Business and innovation
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Business Churn Rate (%) 2019
1.7
(46/63)
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Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2019
32.59
(54/63)
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Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2019
37.9
(58/63)
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Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2019
311.65
(51/63)
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GDP per worker (£) 2018
55,226
(47/62)
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Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2018
2.9
(62/63)
Demographics
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People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011
5.39
(56/63)
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Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2019
21.2
(32/63)
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Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2019
13.57
(53/63)
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Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2019
19.01
(38/63)
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Population Aged 45-66 (%) 2019
29.4
(9/63)
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Population Aged 67+ (%) 2019
16.83
(14/63)
Exports
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Exports per job (£) 2017
8,460
(49/62)
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Goods exports per job (£) 2017
7,370
(26/62)
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Services exports per job (£) 2017
1,090
(62/62)
Housing
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Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011
23.59
(12/63)
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Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011
12.35
(61/63)
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Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011
64.05
(28/63)
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Housing Affordability Ratio 2020
6.94
(39/62)
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Housing Stock 2019
157,296
(23/63)
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Mean house price (£) 2020
174,047.9
(46/62)
Industrial Structure
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Manufacturing (%) 2019
12.1
(14/62)
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Other Private Services (%) 2019
47.32
(9/62)
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Other Sectors (%) 2019
7.48
(12/62)
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Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2019
6.34
(57/62)
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Public Services (%) 2019
26.75
(42/62)
Jobs and Employment
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Claimant Count (%) January 2021
5.85
(44/63)
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Employment Rate (%) 2018
74.1
(35/63)
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Private Sector Jobs 2019
116,000
(26/62)
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Publicly Funded Jobs 2019
43,000
(29/62)
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Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2019
2.7
(21/62)
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Youth Claimant Count (%) November 2020
8.69
(20/63)
Size
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GDP (£ billion) 2018
8.8
(28/62)
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Population 2019
348,310
(27/63)
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Total Jobs 2019
157,000
(28/62)
Skills, Wages and Inequality
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Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2020
489.07
(29/63)
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Gini coefficient 2016
0.37
(54/58)
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Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2019
66.68
(13/55)
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Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2019
27.6
(53/63)
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Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2019
9.1
(22/63)
Travel and Environment
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CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2018
6.01
(6/63)
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Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011
1.23
(56/63)
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Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011
9.61
(42/63)
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Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011
0.33
(63/63)
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Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011
71.87
(10/63)
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Commuting on Foot (%) 2011
9.47
(39/63)
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Number of days of poor air quality 2019
21
(50/63)
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People who Work from Home (%) 2011
7.49
(43/59)
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Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2019
44.65
(61/63)
Welfare
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Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014
1,175.22
(22/62)
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Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014
3,546.23
(18/62)