Hornsea

East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,235 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,988 of 6,856 in England
  • #338 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #35 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,200
Median age (est.)56
Density486per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above26%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 9%25–44 15%45–64 28%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 23%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

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

Hornsea is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,988 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (62) and lowest on Employment (30). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 156 sales), 7% below the wider East Riding of Yorkshire median of £225,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,458 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,330 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,789
Employment 30 · #4,762
Education 38 · #4,241
Health 33 · #4,591
Crime 44 · #3,830
Housing & access 62 · #2,576
Living environment 41 · #4,036

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=156
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000156-2.3%+23.5%
Detached£263,62554-12.1%+5.5%
Semi-detached£188,09850-3.5%+16.6%
Terraced£179,00041+6.9%+32.6%
Flat£130,000110.0%+18.2%
This area£210,000
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)£31,330±£4,549 · #6,117 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,332
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 462 offences
East Riding of Yorkshire56
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,565 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences242
Theft41
Burglary17
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons70
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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