Selby West

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,133 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,301 of 6,856 in England
  • #186 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #36 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,003
Median age (est.)46
Density532per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 14%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

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 58% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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 West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,301 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (83) and lowest on Education (47). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 99 sales), 7% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,688 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 55 · #3,055
Employment 54 · #3,172
Education 47 · #3,638
Health 60 · #2,726
Crime 80 · #1,349
Housing & access 66 · #2,363
Living environment 83 · #1,177

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00099-2.0%+20.5%
Detached£340,00029-13.9%+14.3%
Semi-detached£245,00051+7.9%+36.1%
Terraced£181,68812+8.1%+22.3%
Flat£125,0007+3.3%
This area£250,000
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)£36,688±£5,148 · #4,470 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,271
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 230 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #578 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft17
Burglary12
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons22
Drugs5
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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