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Electoral wardE05014258

Bilton & Nidd Gorge ward, North Yorkshire

Bilton & Nidd Gorge is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,363 residents in 3,543 households — 1,438 people per km², the 34th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.

Residents, 20217,363council ward average 6,920
Households3,5432.08 residents per household
Density1,438/ km²about 5.12 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+26.6%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 321
5–94.6% · 339
10–155.9% · 437
16–193.2% · 234
20–243.4% · 254
25–349.7% · 717
35–4917.8% · 1,309
50–6424.4% · 1,794
65–7414.8% · 1,088
75–849.0% · 660
85+2.9% · 212

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.7% · 805
1 car or van42.9% · 1,520
2 cars or vans26.4% · 935
3 or more8.0% · 283
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Yorkshire overall: 68.6% owned, 11.8% social rented, 18.6% private rented.

Owned outright40.5% · 1,436
With mortgage27.7% · 981
Shared ownership0.8% · 27
Social rented20.4% · 723
Private rented10.2% · 361
Lives rent free0.5% · 17

Type of home

Detached house21.5% · 762
Semi-detached house42.7% · 1,514
Terraced house14.2% · 503
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 653
Converted house1.1% · 40
Other conversion0.6% · 20
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 34
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.