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Electoral wardE05014311

Scalby & the Coast ward, North Yorkshire

Scalby & the Coast is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 5,734 residents in 2,717 households — 190 people per km², the 73rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

Residents, 20215,734council ward average 6,920
Households2,7172.11 residents per household
Density190/ km²about 30.16 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+36.9%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 201
5–94.5% · 256
10–155.6% · 319
16–193.4% · 193
20–243.0% · 173
25–346.9% · 395
35–4913.2% · 758
50–6423.0% · 1,321
65–7418.6% · 1,065
75–8413.7% · 786
85+4.6% · 266

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 389
1 car or van44.3% · 1,203
2 cars or vans31.3% · 851
3 or more10.1% · 273
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright54.4% · 1,479
With mortgage23.5% · 638
Shared ownership2.9% · 80
Social rented8.1% · 220
Private rented11.0% · 300

Type of home

Detached house54.6% · 1,482
Semi-detached house23.4% · 636
Terraced house8.6% · 233
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 304
Converted house1.0% · 28
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
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.