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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
127
Population
301
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚WF5 8EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
301
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
66
Married
134
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
17

Health

Population
301
Very good
161
Good
94
Fair
38
Bad
7
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚WF5 8EF❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
301
White British
284
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
301
England
288
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
Middle East
3
India
1

Religion

Population
301
Christian
182
Muslim
7
Other
6
No religion
86
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
178
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
14
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚WF5 8EF❚
Full-Time employee
114
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
19
Unemployed
6
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
25
Semi detached
72
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
32
Two people
45
Three people
25
Four people
21
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