10 key health challenges
Published: July 2025. Below are 10 key health challenges for Wakefield district in 2025. For more detailed factsheets, please see the JSNA Annual Reports. The 10 key health challenges: Current data suggests a child born in Wakefield District can expect to live on average 78 years (males) or 81 years (females) (2021-23). Life expectancy...
Annual reports
Published: April 2025 The JSNA Annual Report provides a summary of the health and wellbeing needs of Wakefield District. There are two reports; one for children and one for adults. The purpose is to point local partners to where further investigation may be needed in terms of population health needs. There is a focus on...
Deprivation
Published: November 2025 | Updated: January 2026. Populations quoted on this page are calculated using ONS mid-2024 population estimates. Headlines The English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) were released on 30 October 2025. This page summarises the position for Wakefield District as a whole, and the differences between areas within the district. The overall picture...
Health & wellbeing strategy
The Wakefield Health and Wellbeing Board have a duty to develop a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) to address the identified needs. This is a three year strategy, however an annual review will be undertaken. The Health and Wellbeing board has: Engaged with key commissioners, key delivery...
Local area profiles
Use the postcode search below to find the neighbourhood and ward for the area you are interested in. Neighbourhood profilesWe have created 27 locally defined "Neighbourhoods", these are geographical areas built around the different neighbourhoods and communities that exist within Wakefield District. The profiles below contain a range of facts and figures about the health...
State of the district report
The State of the District report provides an up to date and comprehensive description of the Wakefield District. It draws statistics from a wide range of government departments and local organisations to show the extent to which society and life is changing, as well as some of the factors which may be driving these trends....