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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
218
Population
535
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
201
England❚WF5 8ES❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
47
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
69
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
535
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
394
Single
144
Married
177
Separated
15
Divorced
44
Widowed
14

Health

Population
535
Very good
316
Good
163
Fair
40
Bad
15
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
394
England❚WF5 8ES❚
Degree or above
64
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
70
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
72
Apprenticeship
104
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
535
White British
500
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
535
England
497
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
10
Wales
3
Germany
4
Poland
4
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
2
Pakistan
3

Religion

Population
535
Christian
283
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
8
Sikh
2
No religion
196
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
325
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
77
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
20
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
33
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
386
England❚WF5 8ES❚
Full-Time employee
220
Part-Time employee
65
Self employed
32
Unemployed
14
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
218
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
118
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
54
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
219
Occupied
218
Unoccupied
1
Detached
29
Semi detached
64
Terraced
95
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
218
One person
47
Two people
82
Three people
41
Four people
41
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