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Electoral wardE05014321

Skipton West & West Craven ward, North Yorkshire

Skipton West & West Craven is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 6,318 residents in 2,918 households — 124 people per km², the 62nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Skipton and Ripon constituency.

Residents, 20216,318council ward average 6,920
Households2,9182.17 residents per household
Density124/ km²about 51.12 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+22.7%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 327
5–94.8% · 301
10–156.3% · 395
16–193.9% · 246
20–245.0% · 319
25–3412.9% · 818
35–4917.2% · 1,089
50–6421.9% · 1,386
65–7412.0% · 757
75–847.4% · 468
85+3.4% · 212

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.3% · 622
1 car or van46.4% · 1,355
2 cars or vans24.3% · 709
3 or more8.0% · 233
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.8% · 1,073
With mortgage25.4% · 740
Shared ownership0.6% · 18
Social rented8.9% · 259
Private rented28.3% · 827
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house13.2% · 386
Semi-detached house20.1% · 585
Terraced house45.3% · 1,320
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 271
Converted house2.8% · 83
Other conversion8.0% · 232
Above shop / office1.2% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014321
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
52 of 89

Parishes in the ward

BroughtonCarletonElslackMartons BothSkiptonThornton in Craven

Other wards in the same constituency

AAire Valley22.2% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned6,347BBentham & Ingleton30.1% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned7,422GGlusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven25.4% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned8,124MMasham & Fountains29.7% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned7,537MMid Craven30.8% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned5,245PPateley Bridge & Nidderdale28.8% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned5,548RRipon Minster & Moorside27.3% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned8,104RRipon Ure Bank & Spa22.5% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned8,486SSettle & Penyghent34.1% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned5,627SSkipton East & South23.0% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned7,289SSkipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby28.0% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned5,650WWashburn & Birstwith25.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned6,547WWathvale & Bishop Monkton23.7% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned8,548WWharfedale34.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned4,905

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.