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Pickering ward, North Yorkshire

Pickering is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,257 residents in 3,484 households — 185 people per km², the 36th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thirsk and Malton constituency.

Residents, 20217,257council ward average 6,920
Households3,4842.08 residents per household
Density185/ km²about 39.31 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+33.8%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 273
5–94.0% · 291
10–155.7% · 411
16–193.6% · 258
20–243.9% · 284
25–348.9% · 644
35–4914.9% · 1,083
50–6421.5% · 1,559
65–7416.9% · 1,224
75–8412.1% · 879
85+4.8% · 351

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.1% · 630
1 car or van46.3% · 1,612
2 cars or vans26.3% · 918
3 or more9.3% · 324
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.7% · 1,698
With mortgage20.7% · 721
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented15.5% · 540
Private rented14.5% · 504
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house40.6% · 1,413
Semi-detached house27.2% · 948
Terraced house22.3% · 777
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 232
Converted house0.9% · 32
Other conversion0.7% · 26
Above shop / office1.3% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 9
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.