Upper Dales

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,766 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,631 of 6,856 in England
  • #313 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #61 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,747
Median age (est.)57
Density8per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 35%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 5%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 5%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades24%
Managers & directors18%
Professional13%
Elementary10%
Associate professional8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Other 1%

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

Upper Dales sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,631 of 6,856 in England, and #61 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £311,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 93 sales), 15% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,454 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 23 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 95 · #361
Employment 93 · #471
Education 74 · #1,801
Health 90 · #663
Crime 98 · #101
Housing & access 1 · #6,771
Living environment 0 · #6,846

House prices ?

£311,000median (12m) · -3.6% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£311,00093-3.6%+6.0%
Detached£450,00035-9.1%+28.6%
Semi-detached£295,00025+1.4%+4.4%
Terraced£261,25030+3.5%+7.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£311,000
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)£36,454±£5,233 · #4,552 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,285
Price-to-income ?8.5×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

23 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 133 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #97 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences48
Theft24
Burglary27
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson9
Public order & weapons9
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 19 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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