Map of WF5 9AE postcode

General information
Postcode WF5 9AE
Post Town Ossett
Nearest station Wakefield Westgate (3 km)
Bus stops
Queens Drive Wakefield Rd (SW)
Wakefield Rd Queens Drive (NW)
Wakefield Rd Queens Drive (SE)
Malt Shovel PH (NW)
Linsay Avenue Broadway (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Known addresses
218 Wakefield Road, Ossett
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.681953
Longitude -1.551002
Easting 429754
Northing 420704
Grid reference SE297207
UTM reference 30U 595700 5949111
what3words grounded.await.snowstorm
Plus code 9C5WMCJX+QH
Altitude 92 metres (302 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:41
Sunset (today) 21:31
Distance away
Distance to sea 56 KMs (34.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Wakefield West E05001463
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Wakefield and Rothwell E14001560
MPSimon LightwoodLabour
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 February 2025
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) 2
Households (2011) 1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
19,617 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£41,300
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)WakefieldE63008062
Census output area (2021)E00059657
Census output area (2011)E00059657
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 021EE01011827
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 021EE01011827
Middle layer super output area (2021)Ossett NorthE02002458
Middle layer super output area (2011)Ossett NorthE02002458
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £197,971
Annual change 4.3%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
218 Wakefield Road, OssettDetached (freehold)Oct 2018£310,000
Detached (freehold)Feb 2002£187,500


View all properties sold in the WF5 9 sector

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