Settle, Hellifield & Horton

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,862 · 4 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,849 of 6,856 in England
  • #144 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #25 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,878
Median age (est.)55
Density37per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 9%25–44 15%45–64 32%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 33%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 34% · 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

Settle, Hellifield & Horton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,849 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £291,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 128 sales), 8% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,227 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 85 · #1,013
Employment 81 · #1,301
Education 58 · #2,877
Health 87 · #889
Crime 94 · #430
Housing & access 34 · #4,550
Living environment 12 · #6,010

House prices ?

£291,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£291,000128+1.4%+24.5%
Detached£478,00028+13.8%+19.6%
Semi-detached£315,00033+6.9%+33.3%
Terraced£210,00058-16.8%+7.4%
Flat£190,0009+21.6%+81.0%
This area£291,000
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)£38,227±£5,495 · #3,956 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,418
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 223 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #315 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences121
Theft39
Burglary13
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons10
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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