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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
129
Population
268
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚WF5 9EJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
268
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
225
Single
54
Married
119
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
23

Health

Population
268
Very good
106
Good
99
Fair
43
Bad
14
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
225
England❚WF5 9EJ❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
268
White British
262
White Other
3
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
268
England
259
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Germany
2
Nigeria
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
268
Christian
166
Other
2
No religion
87
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚WF5 9EJ❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
16
Unemployed
6
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
14
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
18
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
14
Semi detached
47
Terraced
71
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
36
Two people
65
Three people
13
Four people
12
Five people
3

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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