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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
122
Population
278
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚WF5 9QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
53
Married
130
Separated
8
Divorced
25
Widowed
16

Health

Population
278
Very good
105
Good
101
Fair
45
Bad
21
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚WF5 9QR❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
263
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
6
India
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
278
Christian
206
Muslim
6
Sikh
1
No religion
54
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
143
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
9
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚WF5 9QR❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
32
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
5
Detached
50
Semi detached
26
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
35
Two people
44
Three people
25
Four people
13
Five people
3
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