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WF5 0BE

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ossett
Ward
Horbury & South Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF5 0BD 64 m
WF5 0TN 82 m
WF5 0AU 94 m
WF5 0BJ 97 m
WF5 0BB 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF5 0BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 0
Latitude
53.670983
Longitude
-1.572022
British National Grid easting
428,373
British National Grid northing
419,473

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
E00059518
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029D · E01011796
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF5

Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Vicar Lane, Ossett, WF5 0BE 15 September 2023 £192,500
24, Vicar Lane, Ossett, WF5 0BE 22 May 2018 £130,000
22, Vicar Lane, Ossett, WF5 0BE 5 March 2018 £128,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
63
Primary
40
Secondary
5

  1. South Ossett Infant Academy

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    2 m

  2. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    298 m

  3. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    394 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,439
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 660
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Public order 135
  • Other theft 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

15 female, 14 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
WF5 0 residents
9,070

Age bands in WF5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,428 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

833 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

2,004 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

2,445 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

2,351 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF5 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
94.4%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

16

within 5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    1.4 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.9 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    3.0 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    3.2 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.6 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    3.7 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    3.8 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    3.9 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    3.9 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85620

    4.2 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85652

    4.2 km

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

    DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85004

    4.7 km

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    4.7 km

  • LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS

    PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y02645

    4.9 km

  • LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS

    LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y00081

    4.9 km

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Greystones Drive

    BCT · Ossett

    0.1 miles

  • Greystones Drive

    BCT · Ossett

    0.1 miles

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.1 miles

  • Horbury Rd South Terrace

    BCT · Ossett

    0.1 miles

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 029D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,168 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £192,500 from 1 recorded sale in WF5 0BE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

63 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 5 secondary schools. South Ossett Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 2 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,439 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 660 events.

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