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Electoral wardE05001700

Howdenshire ward, East Riding of Yorkshire

Howdenshire is one of 26 electoral wards of East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,838 residents in 6,485 households — 60 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Goole and Pocklington constituency.

Residents, 202115,838council ward average 13,162
Households6,4852.44 residents per household
Density60/ km²about 261.79 km² · East Riding of Yorkshire 142
Aged 65+23.2%East Riding of Yorkshire: 26.4% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 644
5–94.7% · 747
10–156.2% · 982
16–193.6% · 578
20–244.4% · 697
25–3411.2% · 1,769
35–4918.0% · 2,857
50–6424.6% · 3,891
65–7413.5% · 2,138
75–847.3% · 1,161
85+2.4% · 374

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 545
1 car or van36.1% · 2,338
2 cars or vans38.0% · 2,462
3 or more17.6% · 1,140
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.2% · 2,930
With mortgage34.1% · 2,213
Shared ownership0.5% · 35
Social rented7.3% · 472
Private rented12.7% · 826
Lives rent free0.1% · 9

Type of home

Detached house50.5% · 3,275
Semi-detached house36.7% · 2,377
Terraced house10.4% · 675
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 95
Converted house0.1% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.6% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.