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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
137
Population
319
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚WF5 8QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
63
Married
183
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
16

Health

Population
319
Very good
154
Good
104
Fair
42
Bad
16
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚WF5 8QR❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
308
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
217
Buddhist
1
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
63
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
189
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
23
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚WF5 8QR❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
30
Unemployed
5
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
73
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
4
Detached
98
Semi detached
12
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
36
Two people
50
Three people
28
Four people
17
Five people
5
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