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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
121
Population
291
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚WF5 8JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
81
Married
105
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
12

Health

Population
291
Very good
142
Good
102
Fair
32
Bad
11
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚WF5 8JW❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
285
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
280
Scotland
5
Germany
2
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
291
Christian
160
Other
1
No religion
104
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
155
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚WF5 8JW❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
25
Unemployed
10
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
27
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
6
Detached
13
Semi detached
31
Terraced
80
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
33
Two people
38
Three people
26
Four people
19
Five people
2
Six 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