Electoral wardE05016534
Ossett ward, Wakefield
Ossett is one of 21 electoral wards of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,522 residents in 7,445 households — 1,349 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,522council ward average 16,827
Households7,4452.22 residents per household
Density1,349/ km²about 12.25 km² · Wakefield 1,044
Aged 65+21.9%Wakefield: 18.8% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 851
5–95.6% · 922
10–157.4% · 1,223
16–194.1% · 671
20–244.6% · 753
25–3411.6% · 1,917
35–4919.3% · 3,186
50–6420.5% · 3,385
65–7412.2% · 2,013
75–847.2% · 1,191
85+2.5% · 416
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.1% · 1,499
1 car or van42.1% · 3,136
2 cars or vans29.0% · 2,158
3 or more8.7% · 650
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wakefield overall: 62.6% owned, 21.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright34.7% · 2,586
With mortgage31.7% · 2,364
Shared ownership0.4% · 32
Social rented17.6% · 1,310
Private rented15.4% · 1,150
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house22.7% · 1,687
Semi-detached house41.7% · 3,103
Terraced house23.9% · 1,782
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 661
Converted house0.6% · 48
Other conversion1.1% · 84
Above shop / office1.0% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016534- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 11 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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.