Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 5 min4:35 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 26 min8:20 am – 3:46 pm
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People7,910 residentsin the Normanton East census areaMedian age 40.13,339 households68% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright15% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 4,088 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 14%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 24% work from home, 62% go by car, 4% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle67% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 94%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C642 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month June34 days of air frost, 11 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesHaw Hill Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haSmirthwaite Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mileNormanton Leisuresports ground · under a mileWhitwood Golf Clubgolf course · 1.5 mi · 32 haNewland Lane Allotmentsallotments · under a mileWalton Colliery Nature Parkpark · 3.0 mi · 78 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes166 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200849 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 20252 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 10 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,552 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation45 m148 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 15 to 53 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSpire Methley Park Hospital2.8 miGP surgeryKing's Medical Practice9 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyExel Chemist5 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistThe High Street Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi11 schools10 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryNormanton All Saints CofE Infant Schoolages 3-7, 289 pupilsright herePrimaryNormanton Junior Academyages 7-11, 357 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryOutwood Academy Freestonages 11-16, 993 pupilsunder a mileCollegeHeart of Yorkshire Education Group3.8 miUniversityLeeds College of Music8.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA15 miRailway stationNormantonunder a mileBus stationCastleford Bus Station Coach Stop2.9 miBus stops109 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WF6 postcode district.
