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4,150 people call this town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber home.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Crime is the sore point (D−): 60.5 violent and sexual offences and 26.6 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Cost of living is its strong suit (A−) — the median home sold for £167,000, 3.7 years of area income. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than just over a fifth of UK towns. It ranks #79 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Residents’ health trails most towns: men here can expect to live to 73.3, women to 78.6. Jobs & income is weaker too: mean household income £39,904; 3.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Holmfield does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Holmfield is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Holmfield’s built-up area.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Holmfield.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents. Line up the people of Holmfield by age and the one in the middle is 39.9. 18% are under 15, close to both West Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Holmfield | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 17% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 71% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Both of the town’s schools appear below. Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 41.9, and 41% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Green AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 228 | B |
| The Vale Primary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 218 | A |
Police figures for Holmfield’s built-up area: 445 crimes and 63 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 15.7 reports per 1,000, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences were 52% of the crimes.
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.
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.
7.2% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (5.7%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Seeing a GP means leaving Holmfield: the nearest practice is 1 miles away. Self-reported good health: 77% of the town’s residents. The nearest A&E to Holmfield is Pinderfields Hospital, 9.1 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Holmfield | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.2% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Holmfield has 4 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, all Grade II. Before 1919: that is when 6% of homes were built. Scaled to its population, Holmfield has 10 listed buildings per 10,000 people, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (25) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Private renters make up 14% of households, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). The owner-occupied share of households is 57%. The £167,000 median rests on 129 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £295,000 | 8 |
| Semi-detached | £176,750 | 66 |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 51 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Holmfield has 0.7 jobs. Just over four in five commuters drove, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). Of the commuters living locally, 7% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Holmfield. Best known first.
CastlePontefract Castle2.1 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumPontefract Museum2.8 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumQueen's Mill4.2 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumCastleford Forum Museum4.1 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 listed buildings in Holmfield.
Church of St Andrew: Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Main Building at Central Electricity Generating Board Ferrybridge a Site: Photo: derek dye · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmfield | 4,150 | — | C− | A− | D− | D− |
| Byram | 1,436 | 0.9 | — | A | C | B− |
| Knottingley | 9,516 | 0.9 | C | B+ | D− | D− |
| Pontefract | 32,982 | 2.1 | C+ | B+ | D | C− |
| Darrington | 1,194 | 2.5 | — | C− | C− | A− |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 3.1 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 3.5 | — | D | A | B+ |
| Featherstone | 11,657 | 4.3 | D | B+ | D− | D |
Byram, Darrington and Monk Fryston and Hillam have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £167,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £150,000, semi-detached houses £176,750 and detached houses £295,000.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Holmfield is a built-up area of 4,150 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
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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