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Settle & Penyghent ward, North Yorkshire

Settle & Penyghent is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 5,627 residents in 2,693 households — 32 people per km², the 76th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Skipton and Ripon constituency.

Residents, 20215,627council ward average 6,920
Households2,6932.09 residents per household
Density32/ km²about 176.39 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+34.1%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 11.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.6% · 147
5–93.4% · 192
10–155.1% · 289
16–193.9% · 220
20–243.6% · 201
25–347.0% · 396
35–4912.9% · 727
50–6427.3% · 1,535
65–7417.3% · 971
75–8411.8% · 662
85+5.1% · 287

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 438
1 car or van45.9% · 1,235
2 cars or vans26.7% · 720
3 or more11.1% · 299
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright51.9% · 1,398
With mortgage18.7% · 504
Shared ownership1.0% · 27
Social rented9.7% · 261
Private rented18.6% · 501
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house29.4% · 792
Semi-detached house27.3% · 735
Terraced house29.8% · 803
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 190
Converted house1.3% · 35
Other conversion2.4% · 64
Above shop / office1.7% · 46
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 29
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.