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Administrative Areas

Ward
Ossett
Local Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
129
Population
285
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚WF5 0AU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
59
Married
146
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
20

Health

Population
285
Very good
128
Good
100
Fair
49
Bad
5
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚WF5 0AU❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
273
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
269
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Spain
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
285
Christian
187
Hindu
2
Other
1
No religion
71
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
148
Mining
1
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
26
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
210
England❚WF5 0AU❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
24
Unemployed
6
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
6
Detached
55
Semi detached
27
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
36
Two people
51
Three people
24
Four people
15
Five people
3

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019