Electoral wardE05014262
Castle ward, North Yorkshire
Castle is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,313 residents in 4,240 households — 5,470 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
Residents, 20218,313council ward average 6,920
Households4,2401.96 residents per household
Density5,470/ km²about 1.52 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+16.5%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 437
5–95.2% · 429
10–155.7% · 475
16–195.2% · 429
20–246.9% · 576
25–3415.4% · 1,277
35–4918.9% · 1,571
50–6421.0% · 1,744
65–749.7% · 803
75–845.0% · 419
85+1.8% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van51.1% · 2,167
1 car or van37.5% · 1,591
2 cars or vans8.9% · 376
3 or more2.5% · 106
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Yorkshire overall: 68.6% owned, 11.8% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright21.0% · 892
With mortgage16.1% · 681
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented14.6% · 618
Private rented48.0% · 2,037
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 102
Semi-detached house6.0% · 255
Terraced house41.0% · 1,737
Purpose-built flat29.9% · 1,268
Converted house11.3% · 480
Other conversion3.0% · 128
Above shop / office6.3% · 267
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014262- Council
- North Yorkshire Council
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 89
Parishes in the ward
Scarborough
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CCayton34.2% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned4,366DDanby & Mulgrave31.7% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned4,897DDerwent Valley & Moor30.7% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned5,241EEastfield12.8% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned7,179EEsk Valley & Coast32.8% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,699FFalsgrave & Stepney23.7% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned8,253NNewby29.0% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned6,286NNorthstead20.1% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned7,387SScalby & the Coast36.9% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned5,734SSeamer27.1% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned4,692WWeaponness & Ramshill32.9% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned7,560WWhitby Streonshalh24.9% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned5,679WWhitby West29.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned7,450WWoodlands23.9% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned7,447
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.