Netherton (Wakefield)

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 8° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:37

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

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

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)

143 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pugneys Lakeside (4.9 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (6.1 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Genie (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

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

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

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

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

119 jobs advertised · £32,380 avg

e.g. Online History Tutoring Job in Netherton (Kirklees) – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Netherton – Flexible Schedule, IT Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 37% · Gas 10% · Imports 6%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ossett and Denby Dale:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership315 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership236 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance222 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Netherton, Wakefield · 0.3 km

  Netherton is a village in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Wakefield, 3 miles south of Ossett and 1 mile south of Horbury. The village is in th…

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  Sitlington · 0.4 km

  Sitlington, historically Shitlington, was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Thornhill in the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire comprising the villages and hamlets of Midd…

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  Middlestown · 1.3 km

  Middlestown is a small village in the Wakefield District in West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Sitlington and located halfway between the city of Wakefield and the town of Huddersfield, and…

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  Overton, West Yorkshire · 1.7 km

  Overton is a village between Wakefield and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) south-west of Wakefield, 4 miles (6 km) south of Ossett, 1 mile (1.6 km) west…

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  A636 road · 1.8 km

  The A636 is a main road in West Yorkshire, England, starting at Wakefield (53.6788°N 1.5002°W) and connecting with the M1 motorway at junction 39 and with the A637 at Flockton roundabout. It ends at the A635 at Denby…

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  Horbury and Ossett railway station · 2.0 km

  Horbury and Ossett railway station formerly served the town of Horbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was located on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which ran along the Calder valley establishing a key link between…

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