Selby Town

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 13,320 · 9 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,947 of 6,856 in England
  • #424 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #72 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,298
Median age (est.)36
Density1,766per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 26%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Process & plant 14% · Professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Process & plant14%
Professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Selby Town is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,947 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #72 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (81) but weak on Education (16). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 193 sales), 37% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,045 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 114 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 26 · #5,036
Employment 27 · #5,030
Education 16 · #5,749
Health 30 · #4,769
Crime 22 · #5,359
Housing & access 81 · #1,280
Living environment 53 · #3,193

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=193
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,0001930.0%+18.9%
Detached£281,00022+2.2%+22.2%
Semi-detached£190,000490.0%+25.8%
Terraced£163,00097-1.2%+21.6%
Flat£100,00025-4.8%+2.7%
This area£170,000
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)£33,045±£4,913 · #5,664 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,404
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,522 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,322 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences744
Theft320
Burglary38
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson137
Public order & weapons131
Drugs61
Robbery20
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 564 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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