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Electoral wardE05014322

Sowerby & Topcliffe ward, North Yorkshire

Sowerby & Topcliffe is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,789 residents in 3,316 households — 143 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thirsk and Malton constituency.

Residents, 20217,789council ward average 6,920
Households3,3162.35 residents per household
Density143/ km²about 54.58 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+22.1%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 430
5–96.1% · 478
10–156.9% · 536
16–193.7% · 287
20–244.4% · 345
25–3414.0% · 1,092
35–4917.4% · 1,356
50–6419.8% · 1,541
65–7411.1% · 864
75–847.4% · 577
85+3.6% · 283

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.4% · 410
1 car or van40.9% · 1,357
2 cars or vans35.7% · 1,185
3 or more11.0% · 365
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.7% · 1,218
With mortgage29.2% · 969
Shared ownership2.6% · 87
Social rented12.8% · 424
Private rented18.6% · 617
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house36.2% · 1,202
Semi-detached house30.2% · 1,003
Terraced house23.5% · 781
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 222
Converted house0.8% · 28
Other conversion0.9% · 31
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 39
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014322
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
49 of 89

Parishes in the ward

DaltonEldmire with CrakehillHutton-SessaySessaySowerbyTopcliffe

Other wards in the same constituency

AAiskew & Leeming20.0% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned6,115AAmotherby & Ampleforth26.5% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned5,588BBedale27.7% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned6,234FFiley37.8% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned7,083HHelmsley & Sinnington31.4% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned5,115HHillside & Raskelf28.5% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned6,607HHunmanby & Sherburn31.1% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned6,919KKirkbymoorside & Dales31.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned6,349MMalton22.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned6,321NNorton21.4% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned8,184PPickering33.8% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned7,257SSheriff Hutton & Derwent27.2% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,806TThirsk24.7% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned7,074TThornton Dale & Wolds30.0% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned7,058

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.