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Selby West ward, North Yorkshire

Selby West is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 10,085 residents in 4,538 households — 849 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Selby constituency.

Residents, 202110,085council ward average 6,920
Households4,5382.22 residents per household
Density849/ km²about 11.87 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+20.4%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 535
5–95.8% · 589
10–156.3% · 636
16–193.8% · 385
20–244.9% · 499
25–3413.7% · 1,380
35–4918.6% · 1,876
50–6421.1% · 2,124
65–7410.8% · 1,087
75–846.8% · 686
85+2.9% · 288

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.3% · 1,057
1 car or van43.5% · 1,974
2 cars or vans25.1% · 1,139
3 or more8.1% · 368
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.8% · 1,441
With mortgage28.1% · 1,276
Shared ownership0.9% · 43
Social rented21.4% · 972
Private rented17.4% · 791
Lives rent free0.3% · 13

Type of home

Detached house17.5% · 796
Semi-detached house44.5% · 2,019
Terraced house24.3% · 1,104
Purpose-built flat10.7% · 486
Converted house1.3% · 61
Other conversion0.7% · 33
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 17
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.