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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
137
Population
314
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚WF5 9RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
73
Married
136
Separated
7
Divorced
34
Widowed
12

Health

Population
314
Very good
146
Good
107
Fair
49
Bad
10
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚WF5 9RJ❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
304
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
299
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
2
China
4

Religion

Population
314
Christian
198
Other
2
No religion
93
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
187
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
16
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚WF5 9RJ❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
22
Unemployed
4
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
4
Detached
27
Semi detached
69
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
14

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
36
Two people
56
Three people
23
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

WF5 9RH WF5 9RQ WF5 9RX WF5 9SB

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