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East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Local authority area: East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire is an unitary authority, in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It covers 2,405.3 km² and had 346,309 residents in 2022 — about 144 people per km².

Town hall in the administrative centreCounty Hall
County Hall
Photo: martin dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Riding of Yorkshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022346,309+3.1% since 2012
Land area2,405.3km²928.7 sq mi
Density144/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#53of 382 UK councils · #49 in England
Population estimates4 data points
335.9K336.7K339.6K346.3K
2012201520182022
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Elections

26 electoral wards

Census 2021: 342,212 residents in 152,067 households across the wards; 26.4% aged 65+, 73.1% of homes owned, 15.8% of households without a car.

All wards of East Riding of Yorkshire

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

Westminster

Constituencies

Source: Wikidata Q21695028 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.