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Electoral wardE05014331

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate ward, North Yorkshire

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,347 residents in 4,552 households — 4,639 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.

Residents, 20218,347council ward average 6,920
Households4,5521.83 residents per household
Density4,639/ km²about 1.80 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+22.7%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 11.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.1% · 257
5–93.2% · 267
10–154.7% · 392
16–193.2% · 267
20–246.1% · 510
25–3415.4% · 1,287
35–4920.0% · 1,667
50–6421.6% · 1,804
65–7410.2% · 854
75–848.3% · 690
85+4.2% · 352

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.5% · 1,343
1 car or van48.9% · 2,224
2 cars or vans17.8% · 811
3 or more3.8% · 174
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.6% · 1,481
With mortgage17.7% · 807
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented6.2% · 283
Private rented43.1% · 1,962

Type of home

Detached house5.7% · 260
Semi-detached house11.2% · 511
Terraced house18.5% · 843
Purpose-built flat32.4% · 1,475
Converted house23.4% · 1,064
Other conversion4.6% · 210
Above shop / office4.0% · 182
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014331
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
2 of 89

Parishes in the ward

Harrogate

Other wards in the same constituency

BBilton & Nidd Gorge26.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned7,363BBilton Grange & New Park17.8% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,903BBoroughbridge & Claro27.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,552CCoppice Valley & Duchy24.4% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,153FFairfax & Starbeck18.1% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned8,220HHarlow & St. Georges22.3% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned8,394HHigh Harrogate & Kingsley17.8% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned8,289KKillinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate15.8% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned9,898KKnaresborough East21.3% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned8,081KKnaresborough West29.6% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned7,868OOatlands & Pannal24.7% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned7,921SStray, Woodlands & Hookstone25.5% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned8,078

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.