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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
154
Population
368
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚WF5 8HT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
368
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
302
Single
51
Married
209
Separated
6
Divorced
17
Widowed
19

Health

Population
368
Very good
188
Good
124
Fair
45
Bad
10
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
302
England❚WF5 8HT❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
100
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
368
White British
356
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
9
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
368
England
350
Scotland
6
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
India
3
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
1

Religion

Population
368
Christian
273
Hindu
9
No religion
65
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
206
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
16
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
276
England❚WF5 8HT❚
Full-Time employee
128
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
30
Unemployed
2
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
154
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
67
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
154
Unoccupied
1
Detached
78
Semi detached
59
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
154
One person
33
Two people
63
Three people
30
Four people
23
Five people
3
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