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WF4 5PJ

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Horbury & South Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 5PH 18 m
WF4 5PL 37 m
WF4 5PN 59 m
WF4 5PQ 61 m
WF4 5RW 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 5PJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 5
Latitude
53.659561
Longitude
-1.577782
British National Grid easting
428,000
British National Grid northing
418,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Horbury & South Ossett · E05016531
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059481
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029F · E01011800
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
37
Secondary
5

  1. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    149 m

  2. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
728
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 344
  • Anti social behaviour 69
  • Public order 46
  • Vehicle crime 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF4 5 residents
5,629

Age bands in WF4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

859 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

546 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,244 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,685 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,280 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • MIDDLESTOWN

    MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA

    ODS code B87001

    1.8 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.8 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.5 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.1 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    3.8 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

    GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE

    ODS code B87008

    3.8 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

    SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY

    ODS code B85645

    4.1 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU

    ODS code B85652

    4.4 km

  • HOMESTEAD

    HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE

    ODS code B87022

    4.7 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD

    ODS code B85620

    4.8 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    4.9 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Bridge Road

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Horbury Bridge A

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Bridge Road

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Horbury Bridge C

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Horbury Bridge B

    BCT · Horbury Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 029F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,309 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

53 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 5 secondary schools. Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 149 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

728 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 344 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.