Church Fenton, Appleton & Wistow

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,626 · 5 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,588 of 6,856 in England
  • #123 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #21 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,408
Median age (est.)47
Density63per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above43%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 7%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 6%Other: 16%
One person 22%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 6%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Church Fenton, Appleton & Wistow is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,588 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £320,750 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 130 sales), 19% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,413 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 25 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 94 · #437
Employment 96 · #265
Education 91 · #601
Health 92 · #546
Crime 96 · #265
Housing & access 6 · #6,455
Living environment 20 · #5,482

House prices ?

£320,750median (12m) · -11.3% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,750130-11.3%+9.3%
Detached£477,50060+9.8%+17.9%
Semi-detached£258,50036-3.5%+9.5%
Terraced£220,00033-13.0%-2.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£320,750
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)£45,413±£6,434 · #1,979 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,317
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

25 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 239 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #158 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences124
Theft15
Burglary24
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons12
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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