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Electoral wardE05010312

Bishopthorpe ward, City of York

Bishopthorpe is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 4,136 residents in 1,818 households — 359 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Outer constituency.

Residents, 20214,136council ward average 9,658
Households1,8182.28 residents per household
Density359/ km²about 11.52 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+31.2%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 141
5–95.2% · 216
10–158.2% · 339
16–193.8% · 158
20–243.2% · 132
25–345.4% · 223
35–4917.3% · 714
50–6422.3% · 924
65–7416.4% · 677
75–8411.3% · 467
85+3.5% · 145

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.6% · 211
1 car or van48.2% · 877
2 cars or vans31.9% · 581
3 or more8.3% · 151
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of York overall: 65.1% owned, 14.0% social rented, 20.0% private rented.

Owned outright56.9% · 1,033
With mortgage28.9% · 526
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented4.2% · 77
Private rented9.5% · 173
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house38.3% · 697
Semi-detached house41.5% · 754
Terraced house9.5% · 173
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 32
Converted house0.2% · 3
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile8.1% · 147
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010312
Constituency
York Outer
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
16 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Acaster MalbisBishopthorpe

Other wards in the same constituency

CCopmanthorpe28.1% aged 65+ · 86.9% owned4,148DDringhouses & Woodthorpe23.6% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned11,492FFulford & Heslington20.8% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned4,175HHaxby & Wigginton32.3% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned11,774HHeworth Without30.0% aged 65+ · 89.5% owned4,076HHuntington & New Earswick26.8% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned12,419OOsbaldwick & Derwent26.6% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned8,401RRawcliffe & Clifton Without17.8% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned12,334RRural West York26.5% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned8,113SStrensall21.0% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned8,327WWheldrake22.1% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned4,157

All 21 wards of City of York

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.