Knaresborough South & Follifoot

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,044 · 4 LSOAs

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

97Area Score / 100 ?
  • #211 of 6,856 in England
  • #18 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #3 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,889
Median age (est.)53
Density211per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 2%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

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 61% · No religion 32% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Knaresborough South & Follifoot is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #211 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #3 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (99) and lowest on Housing & access (60). Typical homes here sold for about £370,950 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 111 sales), 37% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,692 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 95 · #320
Employment 94 · #375
Education 94 · #437
Health 84 · #1,067
Crime 99 · #94
Housing & access 60 · #2,740
Living environment 69 · #2,096

House prices ?

£370,950median (12m) · -6.4% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,950111-6.4%+15.9%
Detached£464,95055-1.1%+17.7%
Semi-detached£303,99545+1.5%+7.4%
Terraced£320,0007+14.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£370,950
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)£46,692±£6,617 · #1,699 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,519
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 250 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,373 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft47
Burglary22
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons13
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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