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Electoral wardE05014273

Fairfax & Starbeck ward, North Yorkshire

Fairfax & Starbeck is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,220 residents in 3,633 households — 3,757 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.

Residents, 20218,220council ward average 6,920
Households3,6332.26 residents per household
Density3,757/ km²about 2.19 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+18.1%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 435
5–95.8% · 475
10–157.0% · 572
16–194.1% · 338
20–245.2% · 429
25–3413.4% · 1,101
35–4919.9% · 1,639
50–6421.2% · 1,745
65–749.8% · 807
75–845.7% · 470
85+2.5% · 209

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 833
1 car or van46.4% · 1,687
2 cars or vans23.8% · 865
3 or more6.8% · 247
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.5% · 1,181
With mortgage30.7% · 1,115
Shared ownership0.9% · 34
Social rented18.6% · 675
Private rented17.2% · 624
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house7.0% · 255
Semi-detached house37.8% · 1,372
Terraced house39.5% · 1,433
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 318
Converted house2.4% · 87
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office1.0% · 38
Caravan, mobile3.1% · 113
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.