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Electoral wardE05014289

Knaresborough West ward, North Yorkshire

Knaresborough West is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,868 residents in 3,645 households — 1,113 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.

Residents, 20217,868council ward average 6,920
Households3,6452.16 residents per household
Density1,113/ km²about 7.07 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+29.6%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 278
5–94.4% · 347
10–155.6% · 442
16–193.6% · 287
20–243.7% · 290
25–348.7% · 687
35–4915.8% · 1,242
50–6425.0% · 1,966
65–7414.8% · 1,161
75–8410.3% · 811
85+4.6% · 360

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.4% · 670
1 car or van41.4% · 1,509
2 cars or vans30.5% · 1,111
3 or more9.7% · 355
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.4% · 1,692
With mortgage29.4% · 1,071
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented8.3% · 302
Private rented15.4% · 563
Lives rent free0.3% · 10

Type of home

Detached house37.4% · 1,365
Semi-detached house27.8% · 1,015
Terraced house15.1% · 549
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 408
Converted house1.8% · 67
Other conversion1.6% · 59
Above shop / office2.4% · 86
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 96
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014289
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
21 of 89

Parishes in the ward

Knaresborough

Other wards in the same constituency

BBilton & Nidd Gorge26.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned7,363BBilton Grange & New Park17.8% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,903BBoroughbridge & Claro27.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,552CCoppice Valley & Duchy24.4% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,153FFairfax & Starbeck18.1% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned8,220HHarlow & St. Georges22.3% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned8,394HHigh Harrogate & Kingsley17.8% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned8,289KKillinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate15.8% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned9,898KKnaresborough East21.3% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned8,081OOatlands & Pannal24.7% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned7,921SStray, Woodlands & Hookstone25.5% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned8,078VValley Gardens & Central Harrogate22.7% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned8,347

All 89 wards of North Yorkshire

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.