Carleton, Cowling & Cononley

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,116 · 4 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,808 of 6,856 in England
  • #141 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #24 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,842
Median age (est.)49
Density88per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above40%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

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 41% · 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

Carleton, Cowling & Cononley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,808 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Living environment (13). Typical homes here sold for about £253,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 146 sales), 6% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,533 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 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 88 · #841
Employment 86 · #992
Education 86 · #978
Health 79 · #1,458
Crime 93 · #498
Housing & access 17 · #5,681
Living environment 13 · #5,935

House prices ?

£253,500median (12m) · -0.3% yr · n=146
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£253,500146-0.3%+3.0%
Detached£500,00021+6.4%+13.8%
Semi-detached£325,00039+2.4%+32.7%
Terraced£215,00080+6.7%+12.4%
Flat£232,5006-3.9%-6.6%
This area£253,500
North Yorkshire£270,000
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)£42,533±£6,052 · #2,698 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,681
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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 199 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #149 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences88
Theft23
Burglary23
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons18
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 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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