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Northstead ward, North Yorkshire

Northstead is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,387 residents in 3,514 households — 4,105 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

Residents, 20217,387council ward average 6,920
Households3,5142.1 residents per household
Density4,105/ km²about 1.80 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+20.1%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 374
5–94.9% · 360
10–156.5% · 483
16–194.3% · 319
20–245.4% · 399
25–3412.9% · 952
35–4917.7% · 1,308
50–6423.1% · 1,708
65–7411.5% · 852
75–846.4% · 469
85+2.2% · 160

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.3% · 1,206
1 car or van45.3% · 1,593
2 cars or vans16.2% · 568
3 or more4.2% · 147
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.9% · 1,190
With mortgage24.6% · 863
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented5.5% · 192
Private rented35.8% · 1,257

Type of home

Detached house5.1% · 179
Semi-detached house18.5% · 649
Terraced house44.0% · 1,548
Purpose-built flat19.0% · 669
Converted house9.5% · 334
Other conversion1.6% · 57
Above shop / office2.2% · 77
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.