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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
114
Population
234
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
England❚WF5 8LD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
234
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
198
Single
42
Married
111
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
24

Health

Population
234
Very good
91
Good
99
Fair
36
Bad
7
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
198
England❚WF5 8LD❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
234
White British
220
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
1
Black African
4
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
234
England
219
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
234
Christian
187
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
31
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
99
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
8
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
170
England❚WF5 8LD❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
16
Unemployed
4
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
3
Detached
59
Semi detached
37
Terraced
20
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
36
Two people
50
Three people
14
Four people
14

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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