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Electoral wardE05014276

Great Ayton ward, North Yorkshire

Great Ayton is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 5,488 residents in 2,632 households — 42 people per km², the 80th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency.

Residents, 20215,488council ward average 6,920
Households2,6322.09 residents per household
Density42/ km²about 130.36 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+33.8%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 165
5–94.6% · 251
10–155.2% · 287
16–193.7% · 204
20–243.2% · 178
25–347.5% · 413
35–4914.2% · 777
50–6424.7% · 1,357
65–7416.3% · 896
75–8412.8% · 702
85+4.6% · 254

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 310
1 car or van43.6% · 1,149
2 cars or vans30.8% · 812
3 or more13.7% · 362
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.8% · 1,258
With mortgage23.2% · 611
Shared ownership1.0% · 26
Social rented14.2% · 374
Private rented13.8% · 362

Type of home

Detached house32.6% · 859
Semi-detached house35.8% · 942
Terraced house23.0% · 606
Purpose-built flat6.5% · 172
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.9% · 25
Above shop / office0.6% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.