City of York

 

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City of York

 

Location: Yorkshire and the Humber

Population: 208,400 (2016)

Interesting fact: The International Ghost Research Foundation announced in 2002 that York is officially the most haunted city in Europe.

 

City of York

City of York is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called the Rural Assembly.
A list of all the Rural Assembly members can be found here.

 


City of York Information

Phone number
01904 551550
Website
www.york.gov.uk
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)
Leeds City Region, York and North Yorkshire
Frequency of elections
Elections are of whole council
Number of councillors
47
Political composition
Labour - 15
Conservative - 14
Lib Dem - 12
Green - 4
Independent - 2
MPs
York Central - Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op))
York Outer - Julian Sturdy (Conservative)
Decision making structure
Leader and a Cabinet
Population change
Population change
One Year Population Change
+ 1.2%
Ten Year Population Change
+ 9.9%
Police Authority
North Yorkshire Police Authority
Fire Service
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Health Authority
NHS Yorkshire & the Humber
Area
27,200 Hectares
Rural Output Areas
104 rural OAs from 637 OAs in total
Audited by
Northern Region (Audit Commission)
Rural Classification (Defra)
Urban with City and Town
Population by Area- (Density)
7.61 people per hectare
Number of Parishes
31
Number of Parish Meetings
0
Number of Parish Councils
30
Number of Town Councils
1
Average house price
£213,000 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016)
Outsourced Services
Information yet to be supplied
Average age of population
39.5 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns / Cities
Haxby, York
Unemployment rate
0.4% (JSA claimants for August 2017)
Current Council Tax
(amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included)
2014/2015 Council Tax - £1,165.54
2015/2016 Council Tax - £1,165.54
2016/2017 Council Tax - £1,177.20
2017/2018 Council Tax - £1,244.93

Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority
8.8% (2011 Census data)
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health
49.7% (2011 Census data)
Percentage of population which provides unpaid care
9.2% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation
Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3
47.9% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)
Average annual wage for full time employees
  1. 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £25,880
    2015 Workplaced Based Median - £25,620
  2. 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,296
    2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,168
  3. 2014 Resident Based Median - £26,125
    2015 Resident Based Median - £25,674
  4. 2014 Resident Based Mean - £30,564
    2015 Resident Based Mean - £30,594
Percentage of those employed in full time employment
38.1% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household
(2011 Census data)
No cars or vans - 26.1%
1 car or van - 46.7%
2 cars or vans - 22.2%
3 cars or vans - 3.8%
4 or more cars and vans - 1.2%
Local Newspapers
Information yet to be supplied
National Park/AONBs
None

2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis toolDeprivation

(Produced by Oxfordshire County Council)

The Research & Intelligence Unit of Oxfordshire County Council have produced an interactive tool that present the 2015 English Indices of Deprivation on a map of England to make it easier to explore the data for your areas of interest, and have kindly made this tool available to members of the Rural Services Network.

The analysis works through your web browser, and can be accessed for City of York here

(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)

 

 

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