Whitby South & East

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,124 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,625 of 6,856 in England
  • #392 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #68 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,223
Median age (est.)48
Density907per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above23%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 21%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 16% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors11%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional7%
Administrative5%

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 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Whitby South & East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,625 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #68 of 77 in North Yorkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (59) and lowest on Education (10). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 114 sales), 11% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,813 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,221
Employment 38 · #4,282
Education 10 · #6,195
Health 33 · #4,591
Crime 52 · #3,282
Housing & access 59 · #2,822
Living environment 44 · #3,844

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -4.8% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000114-4.8%+17.6%
Detached£339,00032-0.3%+21.1%
Semi-detached£235,00039-2.9%+24.7%
Terraced£215,00038-3.6%+17.0%
Flat£150,0005-22.1%-9.1%
This area£240,000
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)£31,813±£4,510 · #6,002 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,358
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 527 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,382 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft128
Burglary16
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons36
Drugs25
Robbery7
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 189 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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