Great Ayton & Stokesley

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,771 · 5 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,364 of 6,856 in England
  • #295 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #60 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,678
Median age (est.)53
Density89per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above39%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 30%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 20%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
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 61% · No religion 33% · 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

Great Ayton & Stokesley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,364 of 6,856 in England, and #60 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (82) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 109 sales), 11% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,262 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,137 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 51 · #3,336
Employment 47 · #3,618
Education 39 · #4,200
Health 79 · #1,424
Crime 82 · #1,225
Housing & access 30 · #4,776
Living environment 31 · #4,707

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -3.9% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000109-3.9%-7.7%
Detached£383,50032-9.8%+9.6%
Semi-detached£235,00034-2.9%+17.8%
Terraced£230,00027+8.2%+35.3%
Flat£184,00016+20.7%+12.9%
This area£240,000
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)£37,137±£5,264 · #4,323 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,259
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 341 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,589 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences122
Theft63
Burglary34
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons36
Drugs3
Robbery2
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 188 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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