Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,102 · 6 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,645 of 6,856 in England
  • #315 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #18 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,053
Median age (est.)46
Density2,688per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above26%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 3%

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 South East & Horbury Bridge sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,645 of 6,856 in England, and #18 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (78) and lowest on Health (30). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 103 sales), 7% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,209 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,443 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 46 · #3,672
Employment 39 · #4,152
Education 45 · #3,755
Health 30 · #4,790
Crime 38 · #4,221
Housing & access 78 · #1,472
Living environment 51 · #3,343

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000103+7.3%+37.5%
Detached£355,00023+7.3%+51.1%
Semi-detached£220,000470.0%+37.5%
Terraced£184,25030+8.4%+39.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£220,000
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)£35,443±£4,975 · #4,893 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,569
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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 525 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,684 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences288
Theft42
Burglary24
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons62
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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