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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
125
Population
326
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚WF5 9NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
54

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
89
Married
99
Separated
11
Divorced
34
Widowed
20

Health

Population
326
Very good
130
Good
112
Fair
52
Bad
23
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚WF5 9NU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
295
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
5
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
303
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
4
China
1
Hong Kong
2
India
3

Religion

Population
326
Christian
211
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
8
No religion
80
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
133
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚WF5 9NU❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
8
Unemployed
22
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
25
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
71
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
10
Semi detached
110
Terraced
6

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
29
Two people
40
Three people
21
Four people
23
Five people
10
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