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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
132
Population
253
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚WF5 8PX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
253
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
73
Married
117
Separated
2
Divorced
21
Widowed
15

Health

Population
253
Very good
99
Good
100
Fair
45
Bad
8
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚WF5 8PX❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
253
White British
251
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
253
England
246
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
253
Christian
173
Other
1
No religion
61
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
18
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚WF5 8PX❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
20
Unemployed
2
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
4
Detached
33
Semi detached
58
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
13

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
50
Two people
55
Three people
16
Four people
10
Five people
1

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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