Electoral wardE05010732
Bessacarr ward, Doncaster
Bessacarr is one of 21 electoral wards of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,961 residents in 6,587 households — 2,650 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Doncaster Central constituency.
Residents, 202114,961council ward average 14,672
Households6,5872.27 residents per household
Density2,650/ km²about 5.64 km² · Doncaster 542
Aged 65+24.2%Doncaster: 19.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 746
5–95.5% · 823
10–157.4% · 1,102
16–193.6% · 532
20–244.0% · 597
25–3411.5% · 1,723
35–4919.2% · 2,875
50–6419.7% · 2,945
65–7412.7% · 1,896
75–847.7% · 1,154
85+3.8% · 565
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 1,289
1 car or van42.4% · 2,790
2 cars or vans29.0% · 1,911
3 or more9.1% · 597
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Doncaster overall: 62.8% owned, 17.0% social rented, 19.4% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 2,563
With mortgage30.7% · 2,019
Shared ownership0.2% · 14
Social rented13.8% · 912
Private rented16.1% · 1,060
Lives rent free0.3% · 19
Type of home
Detached house37.0% · 2,438
Semi-detached house38.1% · 2,512
Terraced house13.3% · 877
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 721
Converted house0.2% · 14
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010732- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
AArmthorpe21.3% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned14,162BBalby South20.6% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned9,391EEdenthorpe & Kirk Sandall21.7% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned10,153HHexthorpe & Balby North11.7% aged 65+ · 40.1% owned12,244TTickhill & Wadsworth24.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned11,183TTown11.8% aged 65+ · 40.8% owned22,263WWheatley Hills & Intake16.8% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned17,784
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.