Electoral wardE05014327
Thirsk ward, North Yorkshire
Thirsk is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,074 residents in 3,266 households — 162 people per km², the 41st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thirsk and Malton constituency.
Residents, 20217,074council ward average 6,920
Households3,2662.17 residents per household
Density162/ km²about 43.61 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+24.7%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 289
5–94.8% · 339
10–156.0% · 421
16–193.9% · 275
20–245.3% · 376
25–3411.0% · 780
35–4916.8% · 1,186
50–6423.5% · 1,661
65–7412.6% · 892
75–848.6% · 607
85+3.5% · 249
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.4% · 534
1 car or van44.7% · 1,460
2 cars or vans28.4% · 926
3 or more10.6% · 346
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Yorkshire overall: 68.6% owned, 11.8% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright36.3% · 1,184
With mortgage22.7% · 741
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented18.5% · 604
Private rented22.1% · 722
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house28.2% · 920
Semi-detached house32.0% · 1,045
Terraced house26.3% · 859
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 302
Converted house1.1% · 36
Other conversion1.0% · 32
Above shop / office2.0% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014327- Council
- North Yorkshire Council
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 47 of 89
Parishes in the ward
Carlton MiniottCattonKirby WiskeNewsham with BreckenbroughSandhuttonSkipton-on-SwaleThirsk
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% owned6,806SSowerby & Topcliffe22.1% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned7,789TThornton Dale & Wolds30.0% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned7,058
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.