Central Harrogate

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,315 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,164 of 6,856 in England
  • #172 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #33 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,213
Median age (est.)44
Density4,313per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above48%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 8%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 48%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 6%Other: 13%
One person 48%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 6%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Central Harrogate is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,164 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £306,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 164 sales), 13% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,236 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 108 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 80 · #1,342
Employment 72 · #1,931
Education 82 · #1,232
Health 62 · #2,603
Crime 46 · #3,720
Housing & access 95 · #341
Living environment 8 · #6,325

House prices ?

£306,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=164
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£306,000164+2.9%+15.5%
Detached£1,075,0009-10.4%+1.2%
Semi-detached£730,00023-7.2%+39.2%
Terraced£465,00031+5.1%+17.9%
Flat£230,000101+5.0%+16.2%
This area£306,000
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)£44,236±£6,438 · #2,259 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,617
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,005 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,152 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences462
Theft255
Burglary55
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons80
Drugs32
Robbery12
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 283 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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