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Woodlands ward, North Yorkshire

Woodlands is one of 89 electoral wards of North Yorkshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 7,447 residents in 3,361 households — 1,959 people per km², the 31st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

Residents, 20217,447council ward average 6,920
Households3,3612.22 residents per household
Density1,959/ km²about 3.80 km² · North Yorkshire 77
Aged 65+23.9%North Yorkshire: 25.0% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 373
5–96.4% · 476
10–157.8% · 579
16–194.8% · 357
20–244.3% · 318
25–3410.5% · 784
35–4916.3% · 1,216
50–6421.0% · 1,565
65–7412.6% · 938
75–848.1% · 603
85+3.2% · 237

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.3% · 1,086
1 car or van44.6% · 1,498
2 cars or vans18.2% · 612
3 or more4.9% · 165
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.3% · 1,187
With mortgage21.9% · 734
Shared ownership1.1% · 36
Social rented28.9% · 972
Private rented12.7% · 426
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house15.0% · 505
Semi-detached house42.1% · 1,415
Terraced house21.5% · 724
Purpose-built flat19.1% · 641
Converted house1.5% · 50
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
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.