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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
144
Population
335
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚WF5 8AX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
63
Married
171
Separated
4
Divorced
20
Widowed
22

Health

Population
335
Very good
151
Good
116
Fair
52
Bad
14
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
England❚WF5 8AX❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
320
White Irish
2
White Other
10
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
315
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Romania
2
Middle East
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
268
Jewish
1
Muslim
2
No religion
50
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
168
Manufacturing
26
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
18
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚WF5 8AX❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
21
Unemployed
4
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
54
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
7
Detached
44
Semi detached
77
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
35
Two people
55
Three people
30
Four people
20
Five people
4

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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