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North Yorkshire Council

Local authority area: North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is an unitary authority, in the North East England region of England. It covers 8,037.7 km² and had 623,501 residents in 2022 — about 78 people per km².

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for North Yorkshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022623,501+3.5% since 2012
Land area8,037.7km²3,103.4 sq mi
Density78/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#22of 382 UK councils · #21 in England
Population estimates3 data points
602.6K614.5K623.5K
201220182022
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Other unitary authorities in North East

All councils in North East
County Durham528,127Northumberland324,362City of York204,551Stockton-on-Tees199,966Middlesbrough148,285Redcar and Cleveland137,175Darlington109,469Hartlepool93,861
Elections

89 electoral wards

Census 2021: 615,912 residents in 274,572 households across the wards; 25.0% aged 65+, 68.6% of homes owned, 15.7% of households without a car.

1Selby West4,538 households · 20.4% aged 65+10,0852Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate3,740 households · 15.8% aged 65+9,8983Hipswell & Colburn3,436 households · 8.4% aged 65+9,8974Monk Fryston & South Milford3,885 households · 21.0% aged 65+8,7885Sherburn in Elmet3,651 households · 16.7% aged 65+8,5696Wathvale & Bishop Monkton3,592 households · 23.7% aged 65+8,548

All wards of North Yorkshire

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Council offices

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

CNorth Yorkshire CouncilCouncil office · Scarborough YO11 2HG · hours listedCWilson Energy AssessorsCouncil office · Scarborough YO11 3EDTMasham Town HallTown hall · Ripon HG4 4DYTThe Devonshire Institute - Town HallTown hall · Skipton BD23 5AZ · hours listedTKirkbymoorside Town CouncilTown council · York YO62 6AY
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Constituencies

Skipton and Ripon · 15 wardsThirsk and Malton · 15 wardsScarborough and Whitby · 15 wardsRichmond and Northallerton · 14 wardsHarrogate and Knaresborough · 13 wardsSelby · 11 wardsWetherby and Easingwold · 9 wards
Source: Wikidata Q21241814 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.