Sherburn in Elmet & South Milford

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,859 · 7 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,225 of 6,856 in England
  • #93 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #12 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,362
Median age (est.)40
Density295per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 43%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 43%Social rent 14%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 26%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

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 52% · No religion 42% · 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

Sherburn in Elmet & South Milford is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,225 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (89) and lowest on Housing & access (59). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 211 sales), in line with the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,154 a year, around the middle 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 71 · #1,972
Employment 72 · #1,897
Education 66 · #2,308
Health 68 · #2,212
Crime 85 · #1,040
Housing & access 59 · #2,829
Living environment 89 · #732

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=211
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000211+5.7%+9.8%
Detached£370,00095+1.4%+19.4%
Semi-detached£252,50064+14.8%+27.2%
Terraced£192,50044-1.8%+3.8%
Flat£142,0008+19.8%
This area£280,000
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)£40,154±£5,807 · #3,382 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,302
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 487 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,337 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft70
Burglary37
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons32
Drugs19
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 161 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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