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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
309
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚WF5 8PL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
74
Married
120
Separated
9
Divorced
33
Widowed
8

Health

Population
309
Very good
154
Good
109
Fair
37
Bad
7
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚WF5 8PL❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
305
White Irish
2
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
296
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
199
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
85
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
15
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚WF5 8PL❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
22
Unemployed
12
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
57
Semi detached
30
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
34
Two people
36
Three people
23
Four people
26
Five people
6

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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