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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002458

Ossett North

Ossett North is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,081 residents in Wakefield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wakefield
9,081

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,985

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,300.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Drighlington & Gildersome West, Leeds8,668 residents · 75.2% owned · 15.7% no carCheetham Fold & Gee Cross, Tameside7,437 residents · 80.0% owned · 15.0% no carRyton, Gateshead8,529 residents · 70.3% owned · 21.7% no carScholes & Hunsworth, Kirklees6,580 residents · 72.6% owned · 14.6% no carBattyeford, Kirklees6,549 residents · 74.3% owned · 16.6% no carBlackrod & Butterwick Fields, Bolton6,303 residents · 77.0% owned · 13.9% no car

Most similar within Wakefield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Horbury, Wakefield6,147 residents · 73.4% owned · 16.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ossett North

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned69.1%
2,754 households
Private rented15.9%
632 households
Social rented14.4%
575 households
Shared ownership0.5%
21 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.2%
1,882 households
Terraced23.4%
932 households
Detached22.5%
895 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.1%
204 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
1,684 households
2 cars or vans in household31.1%
1,239 households
No cars or vans in household17.5%
699 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.1%
361 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.3%
1,766 households
2 bedrooms29.6%
1,179 households
4 or more bedrooms17.3%
688 households
1 bedroom8.8%
351 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.4%
2,685 households
One-person household29.5%
1,177 households
Other household types3.1%
123 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,470 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,177 households
3 people in household16.8%
669 households
4 people in household12.3%
490 households
5 people in household3.3%
132 households
6 people in household0.9%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.5%
1,585 residents
15–2915.7%
1,428 residents
30–4418.5%
1,680 residents
45–6427.1%
2,460 residents
65 and over21.2%
1,928 residents
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.2%
8,734 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
136 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
125 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
52 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
35 residents
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.8%
1,909 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20%
1,481 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
1,358 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
565 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.7%
4,418 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.8%
2,868 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.9%
1,473 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.7%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
1,031 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
722 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
487 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.9%
4,260 residents
Good health34.3%
3,115 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,250 residents
Bad health3.8%
349 residents
Very bad health1.2%
107 residents
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
7,515 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,566 residents
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.7%
1,980 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,375 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.7%
507 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
117 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Ossett North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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