Ossett North

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,003 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,905 of 6,856 in England
  • #243 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #12 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,081
Median age (est.)44
Density1,300per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 14%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Ossett North is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,905 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (85) and lowest on Health (36). Typical homes here, about £226,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 104 sales), 10% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #708 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,573 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 57 · #2,925
Employment 56 · #2,980
Education 49 · #3,515
Health 36 · #4,420
Crime 41 · #4,022
Housing & access 85 · #1,033
Living environment 51 · #3,357

House prices ?

£226,500median (12m) · +19.2% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£226,500104+19.2%+39.4%
Detached£325,00021-1.5%+18.8%
Semi-detached£235,00047+13.0%+38.2%
Terraced£170,00031+13.3%+34.9%
Flat£133,5005+6.8%
This area£226,500
Wakefield£205,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,573±£5,191 · #4,505 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,728
Price-to-income ?6.2×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 584 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,205 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences256
Theft78
Burglary54
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons61
Drugs16
Robbery11
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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