Electoral wardE05016531
Horbury & South Ossett ward, Wakefield
Horbury & South Ossett is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,197 residents in 6,861 households — 2,317 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,197council ward average 16,827
Households6,8612.21 residents per household
Density2,317/ km²about 6.56 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+23.1%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 715
5–95.6% · 853
10–156.9% · 1,049
16–193.9% · 593
20–244.6% · 693
25–3410.6% · 1,619
35–4918.9% · 2,870
50–6421.8% · 3,307
65–7412.6% · 1,919
75–847.7% · 1,173
85+2.7% · 413
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 1,346
1 car or van41.6% · 2,851
2 cars or vans30.1% · 2,066
3 or more8.7% · 596
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright37.7% · 2,584
With mortgage31.0% · 2,128
Shared ownership0.6% · 43
Social rented17.3% · 1,185
Private rented13.3% · 914
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 1,687
Semi-detached house41.0% · 2,811
Terraced house26.1% · 1,791
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 465
Converted house0.7% · 49
Other conversion0.2% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016531- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 21
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.