Driffield West & Huggate

East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,327 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,075 of 6,856 in England
  • #165 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #22 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,318
Median age (est.)51
Density36per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 6%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Driffield West & Huggate is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,075 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 108 sales), in line with the wider East Riding of Yorkshire median of £225,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #298 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,717 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 81 · #1,328
Employment 74 · #1,780
Education 70 · #2,082
Health 76 · #1,664
Crime 98 · #128
Housing & access 16 · #5,736
Living environment 37 · #4,310

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · -3.4% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000108-3.4%+16.0%
Detached£285,000530.0%+2.3%
Semi-detached£197,50037+9.7%+26.0%
Terraced£192,00018+27.2%+48.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£230,000
East Riding of Yorkshire£225,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,717±£5,334 · #4,138 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,687
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 220 offences
East Riding of Yorkshire56
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #223 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft28
Burglary16
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons21
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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