Hall Green’s story
7 listed buildings
Historic England lists them inside Hall Green’s built-up area.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Hall GreenWest Yorkshire
12% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. This village in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber has a population of 2,307.
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Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
2,307
Census 2021 · Wakefield council
Median home
£220K
62 sales in 3 years
Median age
47
23% are 65+ · West Yorkshire 17%
Degree level
24%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
12%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Hall Green a good place to live?
Hazard risk is its strong suit (A). Health lags: life expectancy 78.6 for men, 80.6 for women. Jobs & income is weaker too — the mean household earns £48,493 a year. It takes 4.9 years of household income in the Wakefield council area to buy the median home, at £220,000.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. Hall Green is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
How Hall Green grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hall Green is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Hall Green is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areC−Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedC−Open →SafetyBehind most towns comparedC−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesC+Open →Cost of livingHomes are easier to afford than in most townsBOpen →SchoolsPrimary results beat 33% of towns in England; secondary results beat 78% of towns in EnglandBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryBelow the middle of the towns comparedC−Open →Outdoors82% live within 400 m of a park; 7.5 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsB+Open →Civic life1.3 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryDOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Hall Green stand out
The 3 things Hall Green does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
12% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Claimant rate, against UK towns
Work
of 16 to 64s in 2026: more than in 90% of UK towns
DWP claimant count, January to August 2026.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
23% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hall Green.
Health
Disability is more common in Hall Green than in West Yorkshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 22% of residents
78%good or very good healthC−Health Grade
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.8% of the town. At the census, 78% of people in Hall Green called their health good or very good, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). Men in Hall Green can expect to live to 78.6, women to 80.6 (2019–23). The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1 miles away.
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 78%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Hall Green | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
78.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
80.6
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
SchoolsB
On exam results, Hall Green’s schools beat 57% of towns in England
BSchool Grade
The town has one school, shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the 7 primary schools within 3 km: 58% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 355 pupils attend Hall Green’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 355 | A |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Safety
Violent crime runs high in Hall Green: 39.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
39.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Hall Green has more crime per resident than 91% of them. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 144 recorded crimes inside the town’s built-up area, and 15 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for just over three fifths of recorded crime.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 9% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual88
Damage & arson12
Public order12
Other theft11
Burglary7
Vehicle crime6
Weapons3
Other crime3
Anti-social15
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
39.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
11.6
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
4.9
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
144
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
History
More of the land in Hall Green is conservation area than in West Yorkshire’s towns or England’s towns: 100%
7listed buildingsC−History Grade
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 9% of the total, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (16%). Grade II covers all 7 listed buildings that Historic England records here.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II7
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
9%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
30
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
An older town: 23% of people in Hall Green are 65 or over, more than in West Yorkshire’s towns or England’s towns
47median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). 17% of residents are children under 15. Half the people of Hall Green are older than 47.
Hall GreenWest YorkshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
23%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications23%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Hall Green | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Long commutes are the norm in Hall Green: just 22% travel under 5 km, below West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
12%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Hall Green counts 0.2 jobs per working resident. The car took 85% of commuters, above West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. 4.2% of people aged 16 to 64 were on unemployment benefits in 2026. About 3% of its commuters stay in Hall Green for work.
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving85%
On foot6%
Bus5%
Bicycle2%
22%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
25%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£48K
mean household income, before tax
4.2%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C+
Walkability: more walkable than 40% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B
Social housing is more common in Hall Green than in West Yorkshire’s towns or across England’s towns, at 31% of households
£220Kmedian sale
8% of households are private tenants. Private rents average £806 a month across the Wakefield council area. 62 standard sales inside Hall Green’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £220,000.
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Hall Green£220K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £300,000 | 31 |
| Semi-detached | £182,875 | 26 |
8%
rent privately · England 21%
£806
average private rent a month, Wakefield council area
£2,294
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Hall Green
14pages on Hall Green
The big questions
SafetyC−39.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingBMedian home £220K · rent £806 a monthHousing17 sold in 12 months · busiest street Hollingthorpe AvenueSchoolsB1 state schoolHealthC−Life expectancy 78.6 (men), 80.6 (women)Work & commuteC−42% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Yorkshire Sculpture Park and 4 more in and around Hall Green
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hall Green. Best known first.
MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park3 km outside town, to the southwest · 300K visitors a year
CastleSandal Castle2.7 km outside town, to the northeast
Art galleryThe Hepworth Wakefield4.4 km outside town, to the northeast
Art galleryThe Art House5 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumWest Yorkshire History Centre4.8 km outside town, to the northPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandal Castle: Abcdef123456 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Hepworth Wakefield: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Art House: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Hall Green
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Hall Green is a built-up area of 2,307 people, in the Wakefield council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 2,307 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Wakefield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)
- ONS code
- E63001039
Hall Green’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Crigglestone and DurkarHorburyNetherton (Wakefield)WaltonDartonMiddlestown and OvertonWakefieldHall Green
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Green | 2,307 | — | — | B | C− | C− |
| Crigglestone and Durkar | 6,672 | 0.8 | B | B | C | B− |
| Horbury | 9,868 | 2.4 | B− | B+ | D | C |
| Netherton (Wakefield) | 2,331 | 2.5 | — | B− | B+ | B− |
| Walton | 3,266 | 2.8 | B | C | B | B |
| Darton | 15,016 | 3.3 | C+ | B | C+ | C− |
| Middlestown and Overton | 2,409 | 3.4 | — | B− | C+ | C+ |
| Wakefield | 97,871 | 3.6 | C | B | D− | D |
Netherton (Wakefield) and Middlestown and Overton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Hall Green
Is Hall Green expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £220,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: semi-detached houses £182,875 and detached houses £300,000.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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