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Hemsworth

Hemsworth is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 9,246. It features two pharmacies and 21 restaurants & cafés, with 35 bus stops and Fitzwilliam railway station 2.7 km away. There were around 97 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hemsworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wakefield area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 353,364 residents at roughly 1,044 people per km².

Council
Wakefield
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Hemsworth
Police force
West Yorkshire
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 230th of 294 English council areas — better than 22% of them.

Low crime7
Home affordability88
Affordable rents86
Good schools31
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation20
Employment34
Low council tax82

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 15° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

Crime

119 reported · July 2026 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences61
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Other theft11
  • Vehicle crime8

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield East · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance and Anti-Social Bikes - We will continue to disrupt and target the use of off-road bikes and quad bikes being used anti-socially…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

140 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 110 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Fitzwilliam (2.7 km)
  • 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Fitzwilliam (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£198,519 average 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Detached£314,856
Semi-detached£199,891
Terraced£158,494
Flat£100,133

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£800 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £572
  • 2 bed £721
  • 3 bed £863

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (3.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Hemsworth (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches27
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

A £1,531
B £1,786
C £2,042
D £2,297
E £2,807
F £3,318
G £3,828
H £4,594

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • De Lacy AcademyOutstanding
  • Trinity Academy CathedralOutstanding
  • Crofton AcademyGood
  • Horbury AcademyGood
  • Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Outwood Academy City FieldsGood
  • Outwood Grange AcademyGood
  • St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The King's SchoolGood
  • Airedale AcademyRequires improvement
  • Carleton High School
  • Castleford Academy
  • Kettlethorpe High School
  • Minsthorpe Community College
  • Outwood Academy Freeston
  • Outwood Academy Hemsworth
  • St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
  • The Featherstone Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

Care & health services

304 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes97
  • GP practices42
  • Dentists60
  • Homecare agencies85
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jon Trickett

Labour

Normanton and Hemsworth

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 1
  • LD 2
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 55
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £46,788 avg

e.g. Become a Italian Tutor in Hemsworth – Flexible & Remote, Team Member full time, Caterlink - Catering Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 61% · Wind 32% · Gas 7% · Nuclear 0%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Normanton and Hemsworth:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Hemsworth Rural District · 0.3 km

    Hemsworth was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

  • Hemsworth · 0.3 km

    Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire it had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, with it increasing to 13,533 at the 2011 Census. The…

  • Outwood Academy Hemsworth · 0.4 km

    Outwood Academy Hemsworth, known previously as Hemsworth Arts and Community Academy and Hemsworth Arts and Community College, is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Hemsworth in the City of Wak…

  • Hemsworth railway station · 0.9 km

    Hemsworth railway station served the town of Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, England from 1866 to 1967 on the West Riding and Grimsby Railway.

  • Hemsworth and South Kirkby railway station · 1.1 km

    Hemsworth and South Kirkby railway station served the towns of Hemsworth and South Kirkby, in the historical county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1891 to 1932 on the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

  • Kinsley Greyhound Stadium · 1.9 km

    Kinsley Greyhound Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing stadium situated on Wakefield Road in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hemsworth?
Hemsworth is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Wakefield local authority.
What is the population of Hemsworth?
Hemsworth has an approximate settlement population of 9,246.
How deprived is Hemsworth?
The Wakefield local authority, which includes Hemsworth, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.