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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
332
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚WF5 9SF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
277
Single
79
Married
107
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
28
Widowed
53

Health

Population
332
Very good
131
Good
108
Fair
51
Bad
36
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
277
England❚WF5 9SF❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
323
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Asian Pakistani
3

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
316
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
3
South Africa
1
Pakistan
2

Religion

Population
332
Christian
219
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
76
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
10
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚WF5 9SF❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
14
Unemployed
7
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
4
Detached
31
Semi detached
25
Terraced
73

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
41
Two people
46
Three people
19
Four people
16
Five people
3

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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