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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
137
Population
277
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚WF5 8JJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
55

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
93
Married
78
Separated
7
Divorced
36
Widowed
10

Health

Population
277
Very good
121
Good
106
Fair
32
Bad
15
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚WF5 8JJ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
267
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
266
Nortern Ireland
4
Poland
2
South Africa
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
277
Christian
162
Other
1
No religion
99
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
133
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
6
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚WF5 8JJ❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
17
Unemployed
16
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
74
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
6
Detached
15
Semi detached
12
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
72

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
58
Two people
39
Three people
25
Four people
11
Five people
3
Seven people
1

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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