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Electoral wardE05001694

Driffield and Rural ward, East Riding of Yorkshire

Driffield and Rural is one of 26 electoral wards of East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,582 residents in 7,162 households — 112 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridlington and the Wolds constituency.

Residents, 202115,582council ward average 13,162
Households7,1622.18 residents per household
Density112/ km²about 139.62 km² · East Riding of Yorkshire 142
Aged 65+27.3%East Riding of Yorkshire: 26.4% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 713
5–95.0% · 772
10–156.1% · 957
16–193.5% · 552
20–244.4% · 681
25–3410.7% · 1,668
35–4916.4% · 2,560
50–6422.0% · 3,430
65–7414.0% · 2,175
75–849.5% · 1,482
85+3.8% · 595

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 1,165
1 car or van45.6% · 3,264
2 cars or vans29.0% · 2,076
3 or more9.2% · 657
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Riding of Yorkshire overall: 73.1% owned, 9.4% social rented, 16.9% private rented.

Owned outright43.3% · 3,097
With mortgage28.5% · 2,039
Shared ownership0.8% · 58
Social rented6.9% · 493
Private rented20.5% · 1,470
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house35.2% · 2,520
Semi-detached house37.5% · 2,689
Terraced house19.3% · 1,385
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 320
Converted house0.9% · 68
Other conversion1.4% · 100
Above shop / office1.0% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05001694
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
19 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BaintonCottamDriffieldFimberGartonKirkburnSledmereTibthorpe

Other wards in the same constituency

BBridlington Central and Old Town27.9% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned10,847BBridlington North44.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned13,270BBridlington South25.3% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned14,287EEast Wolds and Coastal29.7% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned14,558NNorth Holderness33.8% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned10,440WWolds Weighton23.1% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned17,195

All 26 wards of East Riding of Yorkshire

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.