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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
125
Population
249
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚WF5 8JT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
249
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
42
Married
110
Separated
4
Divorced
30
Widowed
25

Health

Population
249
Very good
114
Good
85
Fair
36
Bad
12
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚WF5 8JT❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
249
White British
238
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
249
England
230
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Germany
1
Poland
3
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
South America
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
249
Christian
162
Buddhist
2
No religion
74
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
122
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
170
England❚WF5 8JT❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
27
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
3
Detached
21
Semi detached
66
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
43
Two people
53
Three people
20
Four people
6
Five people
3

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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