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Electoral wardE05010328
Rural West York ward, City of York
Rural West York is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,113 residents in 3,250 households — 158 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Outer constituency.
Residents, 20218,113council ward average 9,658
Households3,2502.5 residents per household
Density158/ km²about 51.28 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+26.5%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 334
5–95.2% · 425
10–156.8% · 555
16–195.8% · 474
20–244.5% · 364
25–348.2% · 662
35–4917.4% · 1,410
50–6421.5% · 1,742
65–7412.7% · 1,032
75–848.9% · 724
85+4.8% · 391
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.3% · 301
1 car or van39.8% · 1,292
2 cars or vans38.3% · 1,245
3 or more12.7% · 412
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of York overall: 65.1% owned, 14.0% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright50.2% · 1,630
With mortgage32.5% · 1,055
Shared ownership0.7% · 23
Social rented7.8% · 252
Private rented8.8% · 287
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house59.1% · 1,920
Semi-detached house28.5% · 927
Terraced house10.2% · 331
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 46
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010328- Council
- City of York Council
- Constituency
- York Outer
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Askham BryanAskham RichardHessayNether PoppletonRufforth with KnaptonSkeltonUpper Poppleton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishopthorpe31.2% aged 65+ · 85.8% owned4,136CCopmanthorpe28.1% 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% owned12,334SStrensall21.0% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned8,327WWheldrake22.1% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned4,157
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.