Map of WF5 9BS postcode

General information
Postcode WF5 9BS
Post Town Ossett
Nearest station Batley (3 km)
Bus stops
Swithenbank Street High St (N)
Swithenbank Avenue Lodge Hill Rd (SE)
Swithenbank Avenue Hillcrest Ave (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.697835
Longitude -1.582954
Easting 427633
Northing 422458
Grid reference SE276224
UTM reference 30U 593555 5950835
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Plus code 9C5WMCX8+4R
Altitude 115 metres (379 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:48
Sunset (today) 21:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 58.1 KMs (36.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Ossett E05001454
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Ossett and Denby Dale E14001418
MPJade BotterillLabour
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 June 1999
Last updated February 2025
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
13,089 / 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)OssettE63008081
Census output area (2021)E00059634
Census output area (2011)E00059634
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 021AE01011823
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 021AE01011823
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 £194,966
Annual change 2.8%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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