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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
128
Population
262
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WF5 9BT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
262
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
225
Single
71
Married
115
Separated
10
Divorced
22
Widowed
7

Health

Population
262
Very good
124
Good
104
Fair
28
Bad
5
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
225
England❚WF5 9BT❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
27
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
262
White British
258
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
262
England
255
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Germany
1

Religion

Population
262
Christian
184
Buddhist
1
No religion
67
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
29
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚WF5 9BT❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
4
Detached
13
Semi detached
42
Terraced
70
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
41
Two people
53
Three people
22
Four people
11
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