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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
246
Population
583
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
202
England❚WF5 9EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
47
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
76
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
583
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
463
Single
156
Married
231
Civil partnership
4
Separated
12
Divorced
44
Widowed
16

Health

Population
583
Very good
348
Good
164
Fair
59
Bad
9
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
463
England❚WF5 9EZ❚
Degree or above
64
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
81
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
71
Apprenticeship
123
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
583
White British
544
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
583
England
553
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Portugal
1
Poland
2
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
1
China
2
India
5
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
583
Christian
364
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Sikh
7
Other
2
No religion
174
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
321
Manufacturing
38
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
64
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
26
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
23
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
441
England❚WF5 9EZ❚
Full-Time employee
200
Part-Time employee
63
Self employed
43
Unemployed
17
Retired
56
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
31
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
246
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
102
Rented - council
30
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
48
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
250
Occupied
246
Unoccupied
4
Detached
61
Semi detached
78
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
58
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
246
One person
63
Two people
92
Three people
39
Four people
43
Five people
7
Six people
2

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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