27.08.2014

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 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £25,880 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £25,620 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,296 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,168 2014 Resident Based Median - £26,125 2015 Resident Based Median - £25,674 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 tool (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

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