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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
111
Population
248
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚WF5 8LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
248
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
205
Single
38
Married
117
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
21

Health

Population
248
Very good
103
Good
100
Fair
36
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
205
England❚WF5 8LS❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
248
White British
244
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
248
England
241
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1

Religion

Population
248
Christian
167
Jewish
1
Other
1
No religion
63
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
128
Mining
1
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
12
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚WF5 8LS❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
15
Unemployed
7
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
114
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
3
Detached
33
Semi detached
34
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
25
Two people
52
Three people
20
Four people
12
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WF5 8LT WF5 8NQ

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