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Wheldrake ward, City of York

Wheldrake is one of 21 electoral wards of City of York Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 4,157 residents in 1,648 households — 88 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the York Outer constituency.

Residents, 20214,157council ward average 9,658
Households1,6482.52 residents per household
Density88/ km²about 46.97 km² · City of York 746
Aged 65+22.1%City of York: 19.1% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 170
5–95.8% · 241
10–158.7% · 363
16–194.7% · 194
20–244.3% · 180
25–347.6% · 314
35–4918.8% · 781
50–6423.9% · 993
65–7411.6% · 483
75–847.3% · 305
85+3.2% · 132

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.5% · 107
1 car or van33.3% · 549
2 cars or vans43.3% · 714
3 or more16.9% · 278
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.3% · 798
With mortgage36.6% · 604
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented5.0% · 82
Private rented9.4% · 155
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house66.9% · 1,102
Semi-detached house23.4% · 386
Terraced house8.6% · 141
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 8
Converted house0.2% · 3
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.