Editing Wakefield (section)

==Demography==
{{update|section|date=November 2022}}
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|+Wakefield Compared in 2008
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!2008 UK Population Estimates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276811&c=Wakefield&d=13&e=13&g=384621&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258709294946&enc=1 |title=People and Society: Population and Migration: Key Figures: Area: Wakefield (Local Authority) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613080205/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276811&c=Wakefield&d=13&e=13&g=384621&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258709294946&enc=1 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
!Wakefield
!Yorkshire and the Humber
!England
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|Total population||322,300||5,213,200||51,446,200
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|White||95.7%||90.6%||88.2%
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|Asian||2.4%||5.7%||5.7%
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|Black||0.5%||1.3%||2.8%
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In 2001 the Wakefield subdivision of the [[West Yorkshire Urban Area]] had a population of 76,886<ref name="KS01"/> comprising 37,477 males and 39,409 females.<ref name="KS01">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&Pos=2&ColRank=1&Rank=224 |title=KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas |date=5 August 2004 |publisher=Office for National Statistics (ONS) |access-date=20 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907084312/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&Pos=2&ColRank=1&Rank=224 |archive-date=7 September 2009}}</ref>
Also at the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]], the [[City of Wakefield]] had a total population of 315,172 of whom 161,962 were female and 153,210 were male. Of the 132,212 households in Wakefield, 39.56% were married couples living together, 28.32% were one-person households, 9.38% were [[cohabiting]] couples and 9.71% were lone parents. The figures for lone-parent households were slightly above the national average of 9.5%, and the percentage of married couples was above the national average of 36.5%; the proportion of one-person households was below the national average of 30.1%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276811&c=Wakefield&d=13&e=15&g=384621&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258712304810&enc=1&dsFamilyId=55 |title=2001 Census: Key Statistics: Household Composition (KS20): Area: Wakefield (Local Authority) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613080453/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276811&c=Wakefield&d=13&e=15&g=384621&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258712304810&enc=1&dsFamilyId=55 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The population density was {{convert|9.31|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of those aged 16–74 in Wakefield, 39.14% had no [[National Qualifications Framework|academic qualifications]], much higher than 28.9% in all of England. Of Wakefield's residents, 2.53% were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%. The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 1.41% of the population.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The number of theft-from-a-vehicle offences and theft of a vehicle per 1,000 of the population was 7.9 and 3.9 compared to the English national average of 6.3 and 2.3 respectively.<ref name="CrimeFigs">{{cite web |url=http://www.upmystreet.com/local/crime-in-wakefield.html |title=Crime figures for 2008/09 in Wakefield |publisher=UpMyStreet |access-date=20 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129131806/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/crime-in-wakefield.html |archive-date=29 November 2009}}</ref> The number of sexual offences was 0.9, in line with the national average.<ref name="CrimeFigs"/> The national average of violence against another person was 16.7 compared to the Wakefield average of 15.<ref name="CrimeFigs"/> The figures for crime statistics were all recorded during the 2008–09 financial year.

===Population change===
Wakefield had a population of 76,886 in 2001.<ref name="Census2001tableKS01">[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls Office for National Statistics: ''Census 2001: Urban Areas: Table KS01: Usual Resident Population''] Retrieved 26 August 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203914/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |date=28 June 2011}}</ref> At the 2011 Census, the population was given as 99,251.<ref name=2011Census>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108122327/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew |date=8 January 2018}} Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, West Yorkshire – Wakefield BUASD, code E35000474</ref> However, these two estimates are not directly comparable, as the 2001 Census did not classify the old [[Stanley Urban District, Yorkshire|Stanley Urban District]] as part of Wakefield whereas the 2011 Census classified all settlements in this area except [[Bottom Boat]] (a small village built for Newmarket Colliery workers) as parts of Wakefield.
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|+Population growth in Wakefield from 1881 to 1961
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!  Year
! 1881
! 1891
! 1901
! 1911
! 1921
! 1931
! 1939
! 1951
! 1961
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!  Population
| 22,173
| 23,315
| 24,107
| 43,588
| 52,891
| 59,122
| 56,963
| 60,371
| 61,268
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Wakefield RSD 1881 – 1911<ref name="visionofbritain">{{cite web |url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10555140&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Wakefield RSD: Total Population |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152414/http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10555140&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Wakefield MB/CB 1921 – 1961<ref name="visionofbritain2">{{cite web |url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10136313&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Wakefield MB/CB: Total Population |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152433/http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10136313&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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