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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
130
Population
331
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚WF5 9RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
49

Age Groups

Population
331
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
82
Married
98
Separated
14
Divorced
38
Widowed
8

Health

Population
331
Very good
122
Good
137
Fair
53
Bad
15
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚WF5 9RP❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
27
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
331
White British
299
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
331
England
308
Nortern Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
China
1
Hong Kong
3
Pakistan
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
331
Christian
208
Buddhist
4
Muslim
6
No religion
97
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚WF5 9RP❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
15
Unemployed
19
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
60
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
130
Detached
16
Semi detached
94
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
29
Two people
47
Three people
23
Four people
21
Five people
7
Six people
2
Eight or over
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