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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
126
Population
233
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚WF5 8QG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
49

Age Groups

Population
233
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
197
Single
62
Married
69
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
49
Widowed
11

Health

Population
233
Very good
65
Good
95
Fair
41
Bad
28
Very bad
49

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
197
England❚WF5 8QG❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
22
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
233
White British
221
White Irish
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
233
England
219
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Zimbabwe
5
Hong Kong
1
India
1

Religion

Population
233
Christian
144
Hindu
3
No religion
71
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
83
Manufacturing
14
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
8
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
182
England❚WF5 8QG❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
5
Unemployed
19
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
1
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
101
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
5
Detached
2
Semi detached
8
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
100
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
59
Two people
40
Three people
17
Four people
8
Five people
1
Six 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