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Helmsley & Sinnington ward, North Yorkshire

Helmsley & Sinnington is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 5,115 residents in 2,415 households — 17 people per km², the 85th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thirsk and Malton constituency.

Residents, 20215,115council ward average 6,920
Households2,4152.12 residents per household
Density17/ km²about 295.66 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+31.4%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 14.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 195
5–94.1% · 210
10–156.2% · 319
16–192.8% · 143
20–242.7% · 140
25–348.4% · 428
35–4915.0% · 770
50–6425.5% · 1,303
65–7415.7% · 802
75–8411.2% · 572
85+4.6% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.3% · 249
1 car or van41.5% · 1,002
2 cars or vans34.1% · 823
3 or more14.2% · 343
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.8% · 1,105
With mortgage18.3% · 441
Shared ownership1.5% · 36
Social rented10.5% · 254
Private rented23.9% · 576
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house47.5% · 1,148
Semi-detached house28.8% · 696
Terraced house15.8% · 381
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 128
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.7% · 18
Above shop / office0.8% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
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.