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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
308
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚WF5 8RQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
308
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
50
Married
158
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
16
Widowed
19

Health

Population
308
Very good
151
Good
103
Fair
39
Bad
13
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚WF5 8RQ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
308
White British
295
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
308
England
294
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Poland
4
USA
2

Religion

Population
308
Christian
215
Muslim
1
No religion
71
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
152
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
13
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚WF5 8RQ❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
16
Unemployed
3
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
74
Semi detached
46
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
25
Two people
51
Three people
23
Four people
23
Five people
4

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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