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Electoral wardE05010320

Heworth ward, City of York

Heworth is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 13,434 residents in 5,717 households — 5,221 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Central constituency.

Residents, 202113,434council ward average 9,658
Households5,7172.35 residents per household
Density5,221/ km²about 2.57 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+14.8%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 658
5–95.3% · 711
10–156.1% · 813
16–195.3% · 712
20–2412.8% · 1,714
25–3414.6% · 1,958
35–4918.9% · 2,537
50–6417.5% · 2,350
65–748.3% · 1,109
75–844.4% · 586
85+2.1% · 288

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.8% · 1,706
1 car or van47.0% · 2,688
2 cars or vans18.9% · 1,078
3 or more4.3% · 245
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.1% · 1,609
With mortgage26.3% · 1,504
Shared ownership1.2% · 69
Social rented22.6% · 1,291
Private rented21.5% · 1,228
Lives rent free0.3% · 16

Type of home

Detached house6.6% · 380
Semi-detached house41.1% · 2,348
Terraced house31.4% · 1,795
Purpose-built flat17.1% · 977
Converted house2.6% · 149
Other conversion0.5% · 28
Above shop / office0.7% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.