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Dorking North ward, Mole Valley

Dorking North is one of 13 electoral wards of Mole Valley District Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,450 residents in 2,035 households — 1,748 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dorking and Horley constituency; for county elections it is in the Dorking Hills and Dorking South and the Holmwoods divisions.

Residents, 20214,450council ward average 6,722
Households2,0352.19 residents per household
Density1,748/ km²about 2.55 km² · Mole Valley 338
Aged 65+19.8%Mole Valley: 23.8% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 206
5–95.2% · 232
10–157.1% · 314
16–193.8% · 169
20–243.6% · 162
25–3412.7% · 563
35–4921.7% · 967
50–6421.5% · 956
65–7410.0% · 444
75–846.7% · 298
85+3.1% · 137

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.2% · 371
1 car or van47.6% · 970
2 cars or vans25.4% · 517
3 or more8.7% · 178
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Mole Valley overall: 73.2% owned, 11.6% social rented, 14.1% private rented.

Owned outright35.4% · 721
With mortgage34.9% · 710
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented8.3% · 169
Private rented21.0% · 428
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.5% · 377
Semi-detached house28.8% · 586
Terraced house22.1% · 449
Purpose-built flat21.1% · 429
Converted house2.9% · 59
Other conversion2.7% · 55
Above shop / office3.5% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.