Electoral wardE05010747
Town ward, Doncaster
Town is one of 21 electoral wards of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 22,263 residents in 9,936 households — 3,617 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Doncaster Central constituency.
Residents, 202122,263council ward average 14,672
Households9,9362.24 residents per household
Density3,617/ km²about 6.16 km² · Doncaster 542
Aged 65+11.8%Doncaster: 19.4% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 1,236
5–95.4% · 1,200
10–156.2% · 1,383
16–194.2% · 946
20–247.2% · 1,597
25–3420.1% · 4,485
35–4922.4% · 4,981
50–6417.1% · 3,811
65–746.7% · 1,498
75–843.4% · 765
85+1.6% · 360
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.6% · 4,132
1 car or van39.0% · 3,880
2 cars or vans14.9% · 1,476
3 or more4.5% · 448
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Doncaster overall: 62.8% owned, 17.0% social rented, 19.4% private rented.
Owned outright21.3% · 2,120
With mortgage19.4% · 1,929
Shared ownership0.3% · 28
Social rented15.9% · 1,576
Private rented42.8% · 4,256
Lives rent free0.3% · 27
Type of home
Detached house6.3% · 623
Semi-detached house31.7% · 3,146
Terraced house28.7% · 2,854
Purpose-built flat20.4% · 2,023
Converted house8.8% · 875
Other conversion1.9% · 191
Above shop / office2.0% · 196
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 29
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010747- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 21
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AArmthorpe21.3% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned14,162BBalby South20.6% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned9,391BBessacarr24.2% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned14,961EEdenthorpe & Kirk Sandall21.7% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned10,153HHexthorpe & Balby North11.7% aged 65+ · 40.1% owned12,244TTickhill & Wadsworth24.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned11,183WWheatley 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.