Map of WF5 8JG postcode

General information
Postcode WF5 8JG
Post Town Ossett
Nearest station Dewsbury (3 km)
Bus stops
Headlands Road Headlands Grove (NW)
Wesley Street Millfields (W)
Wesley Street Millfields (E)
Westfield Drive Westfield Farm (NE)
Wesley St Westfield Drive (SE)
Wesley St Westfield Drive (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Known addresses
1 West View, Ossett
Main property type Terraced
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.677864
Longitude -1.586258
Easting 427428
Northing 420235
Grid reference SE274202
UTM reference 30U 593381 5948609
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Plus code 9C5WMCH7+4F
Altitude 108 metres (356 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:24
Sunset (today) 15:57
Distance away
Distance to sea 58.3 KMs (36.2 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) 12
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
12,059 / 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)E00059671
Census output area (2011)E00059671
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 025CE01011831
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 025CE01011831
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%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
1 West View, OssettTerraced (freehold)Mar 2022£187,000
Terraced (freehold)Dec 2018£159,000
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2016£92,000


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