Editing Wetherby (section)

== Demography ==
[[File:Aerial photographs of Wetherby (8th May 2021) 023.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the town's residential areas]]
According to the [[2001 UK Census]], Wetherby had a population of 11,155<ref>{{NOMIS2001 |title=Wetherby Parish|id=00DA028 |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> and the wider Wetherby ward had a population of 26,473<ref>{{NOMIS2001 |title=Wetherby Ward (as of 2003) |id=00DAGH |access-date=9 June 2022}}.</ref> By the time of the [[2011 UK Census|2011 census]], the population of the town had fallen to 10,772.<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |id=E04000213 |title=Wetherby Parish |access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref> Since this was taken, the immediate town area has grown considerably.{{cn|date=June 2023}} 150 new dwellings were built in one development in [[Micklethwaite, Wetherby|Micklethwaite]], then a further 20 were added, flats have also appeared at the former [[Motorworld]], La Locanda Restaurant, Deighton Road car garage, Fields Works and the cattle market. In the late 2010s, two new large scale greenfield housing developments started to be developed; one in the Sandbeck area and another in the Spofforth Hill area.