Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,024 · 4 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,905 of 6,856 in England
  • #243 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #47 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Around the England average
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents6,013
Median age (est.)53
Density22per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 8%Private rent 19%

Households

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

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Skilled trades 18% · Professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Skilled trades18%
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,905 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #47 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (95) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 82 sales), 24% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,207 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 81 · #1,301
Employment 82 · #1,225
Education 67 · #2,253
Health 92 · #553
Crime 95 · #348
Housing & access 4 · #6,558
Living environment 8 · #6,298

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,00082-2.5%+10.7%
Detached£535,00031-10.1%+20.9%
Semi-detached£277,50020-15.3%+2.8%
Terraced£295,00025+21.6%+28.3%
Flat£218,5006-10.5%-27.2%
This area£335,000
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)£43,207±£6,132 · #2,524 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,483
Price-to-income ?7.8×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 144 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #126 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences77
Theft14
Burglary13
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons8
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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 →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in North Yorkshire

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.