Postcodes in Wakefield District

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Browse Information On Wakefield Postcodes

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• Wakefield Census And Postcode Overview.
• View Wakefield Postcodes
• Postcodes in Map
• Wards in Wakefield

Wakefield Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview

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Population	325807
Addresses / Property Count	140407
Active Postcodes	9589
County	West Yorkshire
No Of Wards in Wakefield	21

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Wakefield is a local authority district in West Yorkshire county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

• Non-Metropolitan districts
• Unitary authority areas
• Metropolitan boroughs
• London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

• Parish
• Wards
• Cities

Wards in Wakefield

There are 21 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Airedale and Ferry Fryston Altofts and Whitwood Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Crofton, Ryhill and Walton Featherstone Hemsworth Horbury and South Ossett Knottingley Normanton Ossett Pontefract North Pontefract South South Elmsall and South Kirkby Stanley and Outwood East Wakefield East Wakefield North Wakefield Rural Wakefield South Wakefield West Wrenthorpe and Outwood West