Find a councilTheCouncil Chronicleevery local authority in the United Kingdom
Advertise
Council Chronicle
  1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. North Yorkshire
  4. Wards
  5. Whitby West
Electoral wardE05014337

Whitby West ward, North Yorkshire

Whitby West is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,450 residents in 3,580 households — 1,313 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

Residents, 20217,450council ward average 6,920
Households3,5802.08 residents per household
Density1,313/ km²about 5.67 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+29.5%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 13.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 268
5–93.9% · 293
10–155.7% · 423
16–193.6% · 269
20–243.9% · 292
25–349.4% · 704
35–4916.0% · 1,193
50–6424.3% · 1,809
65–7415.9% · 1,184
75–849.7% · 724
85+3.9% · 293

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.1% · 899
1 car or van45.7% · 1,638
2 cars or vans22.2% · 795
3 or more7.0% · 249
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.0% · 1,574
With mortgage20.4% · 730
Shared ownership1.2% · 42
Social rented16.7% · 598
Private rented17.6% · 628
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house18.2% · 653
Semi-detached house42.6% · 1,526
Terraced house17.5% · 626
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 468
Converted house6.3% · 224
Other conversion1.5% · 52
Above shop / office0.8% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014337
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
19 of 89

Parishes in the ward

Whitby

Other wards in the same constituency

CCastle16.5% aged 65+ · 37.1% owned8,313CCayton34.2% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned4,366DDanby & Mulgrave31.7% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned4,897DDerwent Valley & Moor30.7% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned5,241EEastfield12.8% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned7,179EEsk Valley & Coast32.8% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,699FFalsgrave & Stepney23.7% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned8,253NNewby29.0% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned6,286NNorthstead20.1% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned7,387SScalby & the Coast36.9% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned5,734SSeamer27.1% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned4,692WWeaponness & Ramshill32.9% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned7,560WWhitby Streonshalh24.9% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned5,679WWoodlands23.9% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned7,447

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.