Map of WF5 8AW postcode

General information
Postcode WF5 8AW
Post Town Ossett
Nearest station Dewsbury (4 km)
Bus stops
Queen Street Queens Cres (SE)
Prospect Rd Illingworth Street (SW)
The Green Southdale Road (S)
Station Road Prospect Rd (SE)
Healey Road South St (NE)
The Green Healey Road (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 5 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.676838
Longitude -1.580773
Easting 427791
Northing 420123
Grid reference SE277201
UTM reference 30U 593745 5948503
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Plus code 9C5WMCG9+PM
Altitude 101 metres (333 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:24
Sunset (today) 15:57
Distance away
Distance to sea 58 KMs (36 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Ossett E05001454
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Ossett and Denby Dale E14001418
MPJade BotterillLabour
Police forceWest Yorkshire
Water companyYorkshire Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Wakefield
NUTS/ITL 2 West Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 1 Yorkshire and The Humber
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated December 2024
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
15,541 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£38,900
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)OssettE63008081
Census output area (2021)E00059676
Census output area (2011)E00059676
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 025BE01011830
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 025BE01011830
Middle layer super output area (2021)Ossett WestE02002462
Middle layer super output area (2011)Ossett WestE02002462
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £188,550
Annual change 0.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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