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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Wakefield | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £806 | £9,672 |
| 1 bedroom | £576 | £6,912 |
| 2 bedrooms | £726 | £8,712 |
| 3 bedrooms | £869 | £10,428 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,217 | £14,604 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£187k): a gross yield of about 5.2%.
| Ferrybridge & West Knottingley | Wakefield | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 10% | 15% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 10% | 13% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 42 | 30 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Wakefield has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team.
| Ferrybridge & West Knottingley | Wakefield | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| Ferrybridge & West Knottingley | Wakefield | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +6% | +4% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +4% | +3% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | 1.6 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Castleford Town | 4.8 | £160k | +54% | 27% | 0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorthorpe | 4.8 | £163k | +49% | 25% | 0% |
| Wakefield Central | 4.4 | £188k | +44% | 37% | 0% |
| Kinsley & Fitzwilliam | 4.3 | £184k | +77% | 16% | 0% |
| Ferry Fryston | 4.3 | £178k | +74% | 9% | 0% |
| Normanton West | 4.2 | £180k | +67% | 16% | 0% |
| South Elmsall | 4.2 | £184k | +72% | 14% | 0% |
| Upton | 4.2 | £174k | +67% | 17% | 0% |
| Ryhill & South Hiendley | 4.2 | £156k | +76% | 14% | 0% |
| Castleford West | 4.1 | £192k | +54% | 15% | 0% |
| Pontefract South East | 4.1 | £211k | +65% | 9% | 0% |
| South Kirkby | 4.1 | £183k | +63% | 12% | 0% |
| Eastmoor | 4.1 | £181k | +52% | 13% | 0% |
| Ferrybridge & West Knottingley (this one) | 3.9 | £187k | +66% | 10% | 0% |
| Agbrigg & Belle Isle | 3.9 | £222k | +48% | 31% | 0% |
| Knottingley | 3.8 | £182k | +68% | 15% | 0% |
| Wakefield St John's | 3.8 | £186k | +51% | 30% | 0% |
| Featherstone | 3.8 | £206k | +66% | 13% | 0% |
| Hemsworth Town | 3.8 | £181k | +63% | 15% | 0% |
| Alverthorpe & Flanshaw | 3.7 | £209k | +57% | 15% | 0% |
| Airedale | 3.6 | £201k | +70% | 7% | 0% |
| Lupset | 3.6 | £231k | +55% | 7% | 0% |
| Glasshoughton | 3.5 | £206k | +57% | 18% | 0% |
| Streethouse & Sharlston Common | 3.4 | £224k | +62% | 13% | 0% |
| Pontefract North East | 3.4 | £223k | +59% | 12% | 0% |
| Normanton East | 3.3 | £233k | +53% | 15% | 0% |
| Pontefract North West | 3.3 | £219k | +49% | 17% | 0% |
| Kettlethorpe & Chapelthorpe | 3.3 | £221k | +60% | 10% | 0% |
| Ossett West | 3.3 | £227k | +51% | 15% | 0% |
| Ossett North | 3.3 | £218k | +60% | 16% | 0% |
| Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge | 3.3 | £216k | +59% | 12% | 0% |
| Horbury | 3.3 | £235k | +57% | 15% | 0% |
| Altofts | 3.2 | £220k | +66% | 12% | 0% |
| Thornes | 3.1 | £222k | +51% | 16% | 0% |
| Durkar & Crigglestone | 3.1 | £237k | +62% | 12% | 0% |
| Outwood East | 3.0 | £246k | +64% | 12% | 0% |
| Crofton | 3.0 | £246k | +60% | 10% | 0% |
| Pontefract South West | 2.9 | £253k | +54% | 11% | 0% |
| Outwood West | 2.9 | £251k | +49% | 12% | 0% |
| Ackworth & Darrington | 2.9 | £269k | +57% | 12% | 0% |
| Netherton & Middlestown | 2.8 | £256k | +60% | 11% | 0% |
| Wrenthorpe & Kirkhamgate | 2.8 | £258k | +54% | 9% | 0% |
| Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat | 2.6 | £285k | +53% | 15% | 0% |
| Walton, Woolley & Bretton | 2.0 | £314k | +55% | 10% | 0% |
| Sandal | 1.9 | £379k | +66% | 7% | 0% |
Local Housing Allowance, Wakefield rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £327 · 1 bed £500 · 2 beds £595 · 3 beds £725 · 4 beds £885. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 12% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 4.61% · 3-bed vs semis 4.82%.
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