Map of WF5 8BN postcode

General information
Postcode WF5 8BN
Post Town Ossett
Nearest station Dewsbury (4 km)
Bus stops
Towngate Prospect Road (E)
Prospect Rd New Street (NE)
Station Road Prospect Rd (SE)
New St Prospect Road (SE)
New St Prospect Road (NW)
Prospect Road (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.679298
Longitude -1.576855
Easting 428048
Northing 420398
Grid reference SE280203
UTM reference 30U 593999 5948781
what3words unsightly.spotted.enigma
Plus code 9C5WMCHF+P7
Altitude 104 metres (342 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:24
Sunset (today) 15:57
Distance away
Distance to sea 57.7 KMs (35.8 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
Population (2011) 6
Households (2011) 5
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)E00059668
Census output area (2011)E00059668
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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