City of Wakefield

This article is about the local government district. For the settlement, see Wakefield. For other cities called Wakefield, see Wakefield (disambiguation).

City of Wakefield
City and Metropolitan borough
Wakefield
Official logo of City of Wakefield
Coat of arms of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Wakefield shown within West Yorkshire
Wakefield shown within West Yorkshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial countyWest Yorkshire
Founded1974
Admin. HQWakefield
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough, City
 • Governing bodyWakefield Council
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet
 • ExecutiveLabour
 • MPs:Yvette Cooper (L)
Andrea Jenkyns (C)
Simon Lightwood (L)
Jon Trickett (L)
Area
 • Total
131 sq mi (339 km2)
 • Rank108th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
357,729
 • RankRanked 26th
 • Density2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2GB-WKF
ONS code00DB (ONS)
E08000036 (GSS)
NUTS3
Websitewakefield.gov.uk

Wakefield,[2] also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837.[3]

The district includes the Five Towns of Castleford, Featherstone, Knottingley, Normanton and Pontefract.[4] Other towns include Hemsworth, Horbury, Ossett, South Elmsall and South Kirkby (also forms the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe). The city and district are governed by Wakefield Council from the County Hall.[5] In 2010, Wakefield was named as the UK's third most musical city by PRS for Music.[6]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Wakefield Local Authority (E08000036)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Authority Districts, Counties and Unitary Authorities (April 2021) Map in United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics: Open Geography Portal. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "City of Wakefield population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ "The Wakefield District". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Wakefield District". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ^ Richard Smith (13 March 2010). "Bristol named Britain's most musical city". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2021.