Areas of the City of York


The City of York is a unitary authority of the United Kingdom. There are many distinct localities, suburbs and villages within the administrative area of the City. All areas in the City are in the YO postcode area, also known as the York postcode area.

Local government

York is an ancient English borough, and was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to form a municipal borough. It gained the status of a county borough in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, and existed so until 1974, when, under the Local Government Act 1972, it became a non-metropolitan district in the county of North Yorkshire.
As a result of 1990s UK local government reform, York gained unitary status and saw a substantial alteration in its borders, taking in parts of Selby and Harrogate districts, and about half the population of the Ryedale district. The new boundary was imposed after central Government had rejected the former city council's own proposal.
The City of York Council has 47 councillors serving 22 wards.

Parliamentary constituencies

Until the 2010 United Kingdom general election, most of York was covered by the City of York constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, but the outer parts of the city and local council area fell within the Selby, Vale of York and Ryedale constituencies. For 2010, two new constituencies were created.
The whole of the city and local council area lay within the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency of the European Parliament.

List of places in York

The individual areas of the City of York are all within the Unitary Authority area as defined by the Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4, "Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities as published by the Boundary Commission For England", specifically on pages 106–109. Population details are taken from the UK Census of 2001 and 2011. Some areas that have a population for 2001 are taken from local ecclesiastical parish information and has not been updated for 2011. Other areas without any population information is due to a lack of ecclesiastical parish information, mostly because the area has never been one and is included only due to it being an identifiable and distinct area according to Ordnance Survey maps.
PlacenameCouncil wardParliamentPopulation Population Postcode
Acaster MalbisBishopthorpeYork Outer578669YO23
AcombAcomb, WestfieldYork Central21,41922,215YO24
Askham BryanRural West YorkYork Outer582564YO23
Askham RichardRural West YorkYork Outer273351YO23
BishophillMicklegateYork CentralYO1
BishopthorpeBishopthorpeYork Outer3,1743,237YO23
BoothamGuildhallYork CentralYO30
CliftonClifton, Rawcliffe & Clifton Without York Central12,01713,548YO30
Clifton WithoutRawcliffe & Clifton WithoutYork Outer5,1135,246YO30
CopmanthorpeCopmanthorpeYork Outer4,2624,173YO23
Crockey HillWheldrakeYork OuterYO19
DeightonWheldrakeYork Outer308291YO19
DringhousesDringhouses & WoodthorpeYork Outer10,73311,084YO24
DunningtonOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer3,1943,230YO19
EarswickStrensallYork Outer819876YO32
ElvingtonWheldrakeYork Outer1,2121,239YO41
FishergateFishergateYork Central7,9219,844YO10
FulfordFulford & HeslingtonYork Outer2,5952,785YO10
GrovesGuildhallYork CentralYO31
HaxbyHaxby & WiggintonYork Outer8,7548,248YO32
HeslingtonFulford & Heslington, Hull Road York Outer4,1224,792YO10
HessayRural West YorkYork Outer181265YO26
HeworthHeworth, Heworth Without York Central, York Outer 13,72515,434YO31
Heworth WithoutHeworth WithoutYork Outer2,2832,191YO31
HolgateHolgateYork Central11,56412,832YO24
HoltbyOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer152166YO19
HuntingtonHuntington & New EarswickYork Outer9,2779,371YO31
KexbyOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer194231YO41
KnaptonRural West YorkYork Outer222YO26
LayerthorpeHeworthYork CentralYO31
MiddlethorpeBishopthorpeYork OuterYO23
MurtonOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer423668YO19
NaburnWheldrakeYork Outer470516YO19
Nether PoppletonRural West YorkYork Outer2,0772,141YO26
New EarswickHuntington & New EarswickYork Outer2,8122,737YO32
OsbaldwickOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer2,7262,902YO10
RawcliffeRawcliffe and Clifton WithoutYork Outer5,4076,511YO30
RufforthRural West YorkYork Outer560YO26
SkeltonRural West YorkYork Outer1,6401,549YO31
South BankMicklegateYork CentralYO23
Stockton on the ForestStrensallYork Outer1,2611,214YO32
StrensallStrensallYork Outer3,815YO32
Tang HallHeworthYork CentralYO31
TowthorpeStrensallYork Outer1,967YO32
Upper PoppletonRural West YorkYork Outer1,9611,997YO26
WheldrakeWheldrakeYork Outer1,9092,107YO19
WiggintonHaxby & WiggintonYork Outer3,1743,160YO32
WoodthorpeDringhouses & WoodthorpeYork OuterYO24
York City CentreGuildhall, MicklegateYork CentralYO1