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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
115
Population
292
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚WF5 8DR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
292
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
74
Married
112
Separated
7
Divorced
27
Widowed
9

Health

Population
292
Very good
143
Good
94
Fair
38
Bad
16
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚WF5 8DR❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
292
White British
275
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
292
England
277
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Poland
5
South Africa
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
292
Christian
195
No religion
77
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
143
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
8
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚WF5 8DR❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
20
Unemployed
10
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
5
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
21
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
3
Detached
9
Semi detached
95
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
20
Two people
47
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
5
Six people
2

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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