Electoral wardE05010311
Acomb ward, City of York
Acomb is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,111 residents in 3,801 households — 4,101 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Central constituency.
Residents, 20219,111council ward average 9,658
Households3,8012.4 residents per household
Density4,101/ km²about 2.22 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+19.8%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 466
5–95.8% · 530
10–157.7% · 706
16–194.4% · 401
20–244.6% · 422
25–3411.5% · 1,052
35–4920.5% · 1,868
50–6420.4% · 1,858
65–7410.4% · 948
75–846.5% · 589
85+3.0% · 271
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 700
1 car or van46.8% · 1,780
2 cars or vans27.2% · 1,033
3 or more7.6% · 288
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of York overall: 65.1% owned, 14.0% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.7% · 1,433
With mortgage36.1% · 1,374
Shared ownership0.7% · 27
Social rented14.6% · 555
Private rented10.7% · 408
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house10.5% · 400
Semi-detached house67.8% · 2,577
Terraced house13.0% · 493
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 258
Converted house0.8% · 29
Other conversion0.5% · 18
Above shop / office0.7% · 25
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010311- Council
- City of York Council
- Constituency
- York Central
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
CClifton13.8% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned9,417FFishergate12.8% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned9,555GGuildhall10.1% aged 65+ · 32.7% owned14,553HHeworth14.8% aged 65+ · 54.5% owned13,434HHolgate15.7% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned11,960HHull Road8.4% aged 65+ · 47.4% owned14,860MMicklegate15.8% aged 65+ · 53.2% owned12,405WWestfield15.9% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned13,976
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.