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Electoral wardE05014312

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale ward, North Yorkshire

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,083 residents in 2,366 households — 67 people per km², the 39th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency.

Residents, 20217,083council ward average 6,920
Households2,3662.99 residents per household
Density67/ km²about 105.40 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+18.3%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 376
5–94.8% · 338
10–156.3% · 446
16–196.6% · 466
20–249.9% · 701
25–3415.9% · 1,126
35–4914.5% · 1,028
50–6418.5% · 1,308
65–7410.3% · 727
75–845.8% · 413
85+2.2% · 153

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.3% · 149
1 car or van41.9% · 991
2 cars or vans38.2% · 903
3 or more13.7% · 323
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.7% · 939
With mortgage25.0% · 591
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented4.6% · 109
Private rented30.4% · 718
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house43.1% · 1,020
Semi-detached house36.3% · 860
Terraced house18.1% · 429
Purpose-built flat1.1% · 25
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.5% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014312
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
59 of 89

Parishes in the ward

AkebarAppleton East and WestArrathorneBardenColburnConstable BurtonEast HauxwellFinghallGarristonHarmbyHornbyHuntonHutton HangNewton-le-WillowsPatrick BromptonScottonSpennithorneThornton StewardTunstallWest Hauxwell

Other wards in the same constituency

CCatterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale21.4% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned6,608GGreat Ayton33.8% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned5,488HHipswell & Colburn8.4% aged 65+ · 44.7% owned9,897HHutton Rudby & Osmotherley31.4% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned5,940LLeyburn & Middleham35.1% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned5,417MMorton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske31.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned6,348NNorth Richmondshire29.7% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned7,497NNorthallerton North & Brompton25.7% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned6,761NNorthallerton South20.7% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned6,671RRichmond28.5% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned8,078RRomanby32.0% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned5,883SStokesley32.9% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned6,177UUpper Dales32.5% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned5,198

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.