South Kirkby

South Kirkby is covered by postcode districts S72 and WF9. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.

Typical price £174,000 Homes sold in South Kirkby, last 12 months. ▲ 8.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 218 of 231 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 231 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in South Kirkby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in South Kirkby, by flood risk Of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: South Kirkby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. S72 9EY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AD: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AS: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3AZ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BS: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3BU: not on the 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3EP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3ER: not on the flood risk listWF9 3ES: not on the flood risk listWF9 3ET: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3EZ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FD: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3FL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3HQ: not on the 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3LE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LS: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3LY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3NY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3PA: not on the 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3QQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QS: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3QX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RD: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RT: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3RY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SD: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SL: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SN: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SP: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SQ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SR: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SS: not on the flood risk listWF9 3ST: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SU: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SW: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SX: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3SZ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TA: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TB: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TD: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TE: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TF: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TG: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TH: not on the flood risk listWF9 3TJ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3UY: not on the flood risk listWF9 3UZ: not on the flood risk listWF9 3DB: low flood risk at worstWF9 3DL: low flood risk at worstWF9 3DQ: low flood risk at worstWF9 3SF: medium flood risk at worstWF9 3DP: high flood risk South Kirkby Map of every postcode in South Kirkby, by flood risk Of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: South Kirkby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. South Kirkby
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 226

Of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5925, longitude -1.3233. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WF9 3DP1 at high risk

What is it like to live in South Kirkby?

Homes sold for a typical £174,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.8% on the 12 months before. At 218 of the 231 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 231 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Moorthorpe, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in South Kirkby?

Homes in South Kirkby sold for a typical £174,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 8.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£174,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£160,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £270,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £167,500 38 sales
  • Terraced £132,500 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole WF9 district, South Kirkby's main postcode district: a typical £174,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in South Kirkby: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in South Kirkby?

6 of the 231 postcodes now in use in South Kirkby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 89 homes sold in South Kirkby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF9 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

WF9 3FLsince May 2023WF9 3FJsince October 2021WF9 3FHsince June 2021WF9 3FGsince February 2021WF9 3FFsince January 2021WF9 3LQsince June 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn South KirkbyAcross the WF9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 73 (0%) 16 of 394 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 89 (0%) 38 of 577 (7%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in South Kirkby?

Ofcom reports on 231 of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby. At 218 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit218 of 231
Postcodes where every home can get superfast223 of 231
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 231

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is South Kirkby at risk of flooding?

5 of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 231 postcodes High: 1Medium: 2Low: 34

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in South Kirkby?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in South Kirkby. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from South Kirkby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in South Kirkby is Moorthorpe Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Moorthorpe Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
  • South Elmsall Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Thurnscoe Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in South Kirkby?

The GP practices at the postcodes in South Kirkby. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is South Kirkby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,377 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in South Kirkby over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 148 September 2025
  2. 122 October 2025
  3. 108 November 2025
  4. 93 December 2025
  5. 93 January 2026
  6. 113 February 2026
  7. 120 March 2026
  8. 98 April 2026
  9. 117 May 2026
  10. 128 June 2026
  11. 122 July 2026
  12. 115 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences574 reports
Anti-social behaviour133 reports
Criminal damage and arson120 reports
Shoplifting118 reports
Public order112 reports
Other theft69 reports
Vehicle crime67 reports
Burglary62 reports

Also: other crime 54, drugs 28, robbery 22, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 6, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs South Kirkby?

Council
Wakefield
Parliamentary constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jon Trickett (Labour)

All 231 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to South Kirkby

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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South Kirkby postcodes

231 postcodes in use in South Kirkby, by district:

WF9 postcode district,230 postcodesS72 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are in the WF postcode area and S postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near South Kirkby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside South Kirkby's £174,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

South Elmsall2.1 km, £163,000Hemsworth2.9 km, £180,000Brierley3.8 km, £205,000Grimethorpe4.0 km, £152,500Upton, Wakefield4.1 km, £167,500Great Houghton4.7 km, £160,000South Hiendley5.2 km, £170,000Thurnscoe5.2 km, £148,000 All places A to Z

Questions about South Kirkby

What is it like to live in South Kirkby?
Homes sold for a typical £174,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.8% on the 12 months before. At 218 of the 231 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 231 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Moorthorpe, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for South Kirkby?
South Kirkby is covered by postcode districts S72 and WF9, across 231 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is South Kirkby in?
South Kirkby is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for South Kirkby?
South Kirkby is in the Normanton and Hemsworth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jon Trickett (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in South Kirkby?
Homes in South Kirkby sold for a typical £174,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 8.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in South Kirkby?
In South Kirkby, primary schools at its postcodes include Ark Northfield Primary School, South Kirkby Academy and South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Minsthorpe Community College, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does South Kirkby have a railway station?
Yes: Moorthorpe is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in South Kirkby, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in South Kirkby?
Ofcom reports on 231 of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby. At 218 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is South Kirkby at risk of flooding?
5 of the 231 postcodes in South Kirkby have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in South Kirkby?
6 of the 231 postcodes now in use in South Kirkby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 89 homes sold in South Kirkby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF9 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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