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Fishergate ward, City of York

Fishergate is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,555 residents in 3,623 households — 4,116 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Central constituency.

Residents, 20219,555council ward average 9,658
Households3,6232.64 residents per household
Density4,116/ km²about 2.32 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+12.8%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 9.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 263
5–92.9% · 281
10–154.1% · 391
16–196.7% · 636
20–2426.9% · 2,568
25–3416.1% · 1,540
35–4914.4% · 1,380
50–6413.3% · 1,271
65–746.6% · 628
75–844.4% · 419
85+1.9% · 180

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.9% · 1,263
1 car or van46.0% · 1,667
2 cars or vans15.3% · 554
3 or more3.8% · 139
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.5% · 1,031
With mortgage19.8% · 717
Shared ownership1.1% · 40
Social rented10.7% · 388
Private rented39.8% · 1,443
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house6.9% · 251
Semi-detached house23.0% · 833
Terraced house37.4% · 1,354
Purpose-built flat23.8% · 864
Converted house5.3% · 193
Other conversion2.2% · 79
Above shop / office1.0% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
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.