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WF5 8AR

Ossett · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ossett
Ward
Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF5 8AP 6 m
WF5 8AW 33 m
WF5 8AS 49 m
WF5 8QJ 62 m
WF5 8JP 64 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF5 8AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 8
Latitude
53.676541
Longitude
-1.580776
British National Grid easting
427,791
British National Grid northing
420,088

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ossett · E05016534
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059676
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 025B · E01011830
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 025 · E02002462

Postcode source versions

Explore WF5

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, New Cottages, Ossett, WF5 8AR 27 June 2019 £85,000
2, New Cottages, Ossett, WF5 8AR 9 February 2001 £45,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
46
Secondary
7

  1. Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    287 m

  2. Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    300 m

  3. Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    715 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,430
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 642
  • Anti social behaviour 150
  • Public order 120
  • Other theft 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
WF5 8 residents
6,272

Age bands in WF5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,048 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

635 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

1,430 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,840 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,436 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF5 8 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
100%

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

17

within 5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    571 m

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    2.8 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    3.0 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    3.2 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.2 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    3.3 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85620

    3.3 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85652

    3.5 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    3.8 km

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85004

    3.9 km

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    3.9 km

  • LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS

    PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y02645

    4.1 km

  • LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS

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

    ODS code Y00081

    4.1 km

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    4.1 km

  • HOMESTEAD

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

    ODS code B87022

    4.1 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    4.2 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS

    ODS code B85018

    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

  • Queen Street

    BCT · Ossett

    0.0 miles

  • Queen Street

    BCT · Ossett

    0.0 miles

  • Dimplewells Road

    BCT · Ossett

    0.1 miles

  • Prospect Road

    BCT · Ossett

    0.1 miles

  • Prospect Lodge

    BCT · Ossett

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 025B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,809 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

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

Schools

68 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 7 secondary schools. Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School is the nearest published school at 287 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,430 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 642 events.

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