Clifton North

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,112 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,790 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #23 of 24 in York
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,079
Median age (est.)33
Density7,323per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above34%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 20%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 27%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Professional 18% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Professional18%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Clifton North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,790 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 24 in York. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Education (14). Typical homes here, about £255,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 106 sales), 15% below the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,515 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 101 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,509
Employment 38 · #4,269
Education 14 · #5,914
Health 22 · #5,338
Crime 33 · #4,605
Housing & access 95 · #327
Living environment 36 · #4,372

House prices ?

£255,500median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,500106+2.2%+29.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£302,50026+4.3%+52.0%
Terraced£255,00069-1.9%+24.4%
Flat£175,0009-2.8%+16.7%
This area£255,500
York£300,000
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)£34,515±£4,927 · #5,189 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,572
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

101 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 817 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,967 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences319
Theft189
Burglary26
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson108
Public order & weapons57
Drugs33
Robbery12
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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