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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
118
Population
261
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚WF5 9RX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
261
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
53
Married
130
Separated
3
Divorced
23
Widowed
17

Health

Population
261
Very good
111
Good
83
Fair
51
Bad
9
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚WF5 9RX❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
261
White British
254
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
261
England
247
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
India
1

Religion

Population
261
Christian
183
Hindu
2
Other
2
No religion
51
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
139
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
10
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚WF5 9RX❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
17
Unemployed
7
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
118
Detached
48
Semi detached
44
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
29
Two people
54
Three people
19
Four people
13
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

WF5 9RA WF5 9RD WF5 9RE WF5 9RF WF5 9QE WF5 9RJ WF5 9RB WF5 9HY WF5 9RG WF5 9RY WF5 9SZ WF5 9BS

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