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Electoral wardE05011544

University ward, City of Kingston upon Hull

University is one of 21 electoral wards of Hull City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,801 residents in 3,912 households — 4,947 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham constituency.

Residents, 202111,801council ward average 12,715
Households3,9123.02 residents per household
Density4,947/ km²about 2.39 km² · City of Kingston upon Hull 3,730
Aged 65+9.4%City of Kingston upon Hull: 15.3% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 598
5–95.1% · 607
10–156.7% · 789
16–1912.4% · 1,468
20–2421.9% · 2,586
25–3411.7% · 1,379
35–4915.8% · 1,859
50–6411.9% · 1,405
65–745.7% · 668
75–842.7% · 320
85+1.0% · 122

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.0% · 1,330
1 car or van43.4% · 1,699
2 cars or vans17.9% · 700
3 or more4.7% · 183
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Kingston upon Hull overall: 48.3% owned, 27.0% social rented, 23.9% private rented.

Owned outright19.1% · 747
With mortgage19.9% · 777
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented30.9% · 1,207
Private rented29.5% · 1,155
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house7.4% · 288
Semi-detached house35.4% · 1,386
Terraced house45.2% · 1,769
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 386
Converted house1.0% · 39
Other conversion0.4% · 17
Above shop / office0.7% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.