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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
151
Population
348
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚WF5 8YX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
348
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
288
Single
89
Married
144
Separated
10
Divorced
26
Widowed
19

Health

Population
348
Very good
166
Good
113
Fair
42
Bad
19
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
288
England❚WF5 8YX❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
348
White British
342
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
348
England
333
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
2
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
348
Christian
219
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
96
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
174
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
17
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
264
England❚WF5 8YX❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
21
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
3
Detached
19
Semi detached
96
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
43
Two people
57
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
9
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