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Skipton East & South ward, North Yorkshire

Skipton East & South is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,289 residents in 3,445 households — 863 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Skipton and Ripon constituency.

Residents, 20217,289council ward average 6,920
Households3,4452.12 residents per household
Density863/ km²about 8.45 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+23.0%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 383
5–95.7% · 412
10–155.7% · 416
16–193.3% · 244
20–244.2% · 307
25–3413.3% · 971
35–4918.7% · 1,364
50–6420.8% · 1,516
65–7412.7% · 925
75–847.5% · 546
85+2.8% · 205

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.1% · 761
1 car or van48.6% · 1,675
2 cars or vans23.1% · 795
3 or more6.2% · 214
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.4% · 1,290
With mortgage26.4% · 909
Shared ownership0.8% · 29
Social rented17.4% · 598
Private rented17.9% · 618
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house9.4% · 322
Semi-detached house39.7% · 1,366
Terraced house42.0% · 1,445
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 207
Converted house1.2% · 43
Other conversion1.4% · 48
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.