Skipton Town & East

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,876 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,575 of 6,856 in England
  • #121 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #19 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,677
Median age (est.)48
Density1,181per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 7%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 13%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 34%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Skipton Town & East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,575 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (92) and lowest on Living environment (43). Typical homes here sold for about £282,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 134 sales), in line with the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,733 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 66 · #2,356
Employment 66 · #2,356
Education 81 · #1,287
Health 61 · #2,651
Crime 92 · #533
Housing & access 90 · #663
Living environment 43 · #3,919

House prices ?

£282,000median (12m) · -1.1% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£282,000134-1.1%+21.2%
Detached£410,00025-8.4%+53.3%
Semi-detached£310,00051+0.4%+29.2%
Terraced£245,00048+15.3%+23.7%
Flat£133,25010-27.4%+9.3%
This area£282,000
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)£39,733±£5,581 · #3,502 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,244
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 358 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,279 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences172
Theft68
Burglary17
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons48
Drugs3
Robbery2
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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