Ward · E05001461
Wakefield Rural
No longer in useWakefield Rural was a ward in Wakefield, England, published in boundary releases from December 2011 to December 2025.
The December 2025 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E05001461
- Kind
- Ward
- Area
- 43 km²
- Population
- 18,196Mid-2022 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to 2025
Where it sits
Local authorityWakefield
RegionYorkshire
Ceremonial countyWest Yorkshire
Grouping of councilsWakefield
CountryEngland
A ward is placed in the constituency holding most of it, so a ward on a constituency boundary is listed in one.
Neighbours
11 wards share a border with Wakefield Rural, longest border first.
- Crofton, Ryhill and Walton 7.0 km
- Wakefield South 6.2 km
- Horbury and South Ossett 4.8 km
- Kirkburton 4.5 km
- Denby Dale 3.4 km
- Darton East 3.2 km
- Dewsbury South 2.7 km
- Darton West 2.5 km
- Penistone East 2.3 km
- Wakefield West 2.2 km
- Ossett 0.8 km
Data published for it
3 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Wakefield Rural itself.
- House Prices2023
- Local Election Results2016 to 2024 (7 years)
- Population2022
And 37 more for Wakefield, the local authority it sits in.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the December 2025 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2025-12-uk-bgc/E05001461?include=capabilities