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Electoral wardE05014290

Leyburn & Middleham ward, North Yorkshire

Leyburn & Middleham is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 5,417 residents in 2,668 households — 24 people per km², the 81st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency.

Residents, 20215,417council ward average 6,920
Households2,6682.03 residents per household
Density24/ km²about 223.84 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+35.1%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 10.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 163
5–93.5% · 188
10–154.2% · 230
16–193.4% · 183
20–244.2% · 225
25–347.4% · 403
35–4913.7% · 740
50–6425.5% · 1,383
65–7418.8% · 1,016
75–8412.2% · 663
85+4.1% · 223

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 316
1 car or van43.5% · 1,162
2 cars or vans32.1% · 858
3 or more12.5% · 333
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright49.3% · 1,316
With mortgage17.7% · 471
Shared ownership0.7% · 18
Social rented9.0% · 239
Private rented23.2% · 619
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house42.8% · 1,143
Semi-detached house33.7% · 900
Terraced house15.9% · 424
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 101
Converted house0.9% · 25
Other conversion1.5% · 39
Above shop / office1.3% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.