Housing in WF10 1EA
What the homes in WF10 1EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Castleford Town
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,281 (2024)
WF10 1EACastleford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (72.1%). Flats make up 16.6%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
56.6% of households in the WF10 1EA area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 36.3% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 30.7% own outright and 25.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned56.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented36.3%20.5%
- Social rented6.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 38.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (25%). 21.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wakefield
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wakefield (August 2026, +5.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around WF10 1EA (Castleford Town) (about 1,281 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.