Market Weighton

East Riding of Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,747 · 4 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,458 of 6,856 in England
  • #110 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #14 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,574
Median age (est.)46
Density125per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above31%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service7%
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 55% · No religion 39% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Market Weighton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,458 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 43 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (94) and lowest on Housing & access (42). Typical homes here sold for about £237,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 150 sales), 5% above 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, #164 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £39,296 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 67 · #2,267
Employment 72 · #1,897
Education 58 · #2,857
Health 70 · #2,048
Crime 78 · #1,499
Housing & access 42 · #4,001
Living environment 94 · #416

House prices ?

£237,000median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£237,000150+3.5%+19.7%
Detached£306,75070-3.8%+7.6%
Semi-detached£222,00049+8.8%+30.6%
Terraced£165,00021-4.3%+13.8%
Flat£117,50010+29.1%+6.8%
This area£237,000
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)£39,296±£5,536 · #3,630 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,096
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 397 offences
East Riding of Yorkshire56
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,713 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences225
Theft30
Burglary10
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons68
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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