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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
145
Population
358
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚WF5 9NJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
358
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
72
Married
151
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
17

Health

Population
358
Very good
200
Good
114
Fair
33
Bad
9
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚WF5 9NJ❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
358
White British
346
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
6

Country of Birth

Population
358
England
339
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Middle East
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
358
Christian
234
Other
1
No religion
100
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
10
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
15
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚WF5 9NJ❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
39
Unemployed
7
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
4
Detached
67
Semi detached
33
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
35
Two people
50
Three people
28
Four people
24
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven 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