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Electoral wardE05014328

Thornton Dale & Wolds ward, North Yorkshire

Thornton Dale & Wolds is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,058 residents in 3,129 households — 19 people per km², the 42nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thirsk and Malton constituency.

Residents, 20217,058council ward average 6,920
Households3,1292.26 residents per household
Density19/ km²about 369.53 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+30.0%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 284
5–94.7% · 335
10–155.8% · 406
16–193.2% · 225
20–243.9% · 276
25–348.1% · 569
35–4914.6% · 1,029
50–6425.8% · 1,818
65–7417.4% · 1,230
75–849.3% · 656
85+3.2% · 229

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.6% · 238
1 car or van39.6% · 1,238
2 cars or vans35.5% · 1,110
3 or more17.4% · 543
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.0% · 1,501
With mortgage22.0% · 688
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented9.9% · 311
Private rented19.5% · 609

Type of home

Detached house47.1% · 1,474
Semi-detached house36.8% · 1,151
Terraced house13.9% · 434
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 24
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
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.