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WF5 0HN

Horbury & South Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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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 0HJ 112 m
WF5 0HW 166 m
WF5 0HP 217 m
WF5 0FL 237 m
WF5 0HL 261 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF5 0HN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 0
Latitude
53.669623
Longitude
-1.554085
British National Grid easting
429,559
British National Grid northing
419,329

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
E00059516
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 029B · E01011794
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 029 · E02002466

Postcode source versions

Explore WF5

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Spa Lane, Ossett, WF5 0HN 6 February 2015 £300,000
9, Spa Lane, Ossett, WF5 0HN 31 March 1999 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
65
Primary
41
Secondary
7

  1. Hall Cliffe School

    Other independent special school

    769 m

  2. Ossett South Parade Primary

    Community school

    904 m

  3. Evolve Academy

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,179
  • Public order 221
  • Anti social behaviour 207
  • Criminal damage and arson 165
  • Other theft 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.1% 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
75%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

13

within 5 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    1.1 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    2.0 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.3 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    2.7 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    2.9 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    3.7 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNHILL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1PG

    ODS code B87017

    4.1 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    4.2 km

  • NEW SOUTHGATE SURGERY

    BUXTON PLACE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3JQ

    ODS code B87027

    4.2 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN

    ODS code B87012

    4.3 km

  • WARRENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    78 UPPER WARRENGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4PR

    ODS code B87004

    4.4 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    4.7 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    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

  • Spa Street Winfield Pl

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.1 miles

  • Spa Street Winfield Pl

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.1 miles

  • Spring End Rd Hall Cliffe Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles

  • Spring End Rd Hall Cliffe Road

    BCT · Horbury

    0.2 miles

  • Spa St Manor Road

    BCT · Ossett Spa

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 029B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

10,035 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
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

Schools

65 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 7 secondary schools. Hall Cliffe School is the nearest published school at 769 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,179 events.

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