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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
163
Population
405
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚WF5 9YS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
405
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
80
Married
154
Separated
9
Divorced
34
Widowed
26

Health

Population
405
Very good
219
Good
125
Fair
42
Bad
15
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚WF5 9YS❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
405
White British
395
White Irish
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
405
England
394
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
South America
2

Religion

Population
405
Christian
283
Hindu
4
No religion
100
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
208
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
12
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚WF5 9YS❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
35
Unemployed
12
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
79
Rented - council
33
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
4
Detached
35
Semi detached
73
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
45
Two people
50
Three people
22
Four people
37
Five people
8
Six 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