Heworth South & The Groves

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,133 · 5 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,815 of 6,856 in England
  • #233 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #18 of 24 in York
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,105
Median age (est.)30
Density5,941per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above37%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 28%25–44 30%45–64 19%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 21%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary15%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 34% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Heworth South & The Groves is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,815 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 24 in York. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Crime (35). Typical homes here sold for about £235,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 131 sales), 22% below the wider York median of £300,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #738 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,428 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 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 59 · #2,809
Employment 70 · #2,082
Education 45 · #3,755
Health 42 · #4,001
Crime 35 · #4,426
Housing & access 91 · #594
Living environment 39 · #4,207

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · -8.5% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,000131-8.5%+14.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£307,50017-12.5%+46.4%
Terraced£250,00057-3.8%+5.9%
Flat£200,00055-21.6%+16.3%
This area£235,000
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)£37,428±£5,352 · #4,224 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,828
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 732 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,672 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences322
Theft143
Burglary32
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons60
Drugs39
Robbery11
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 253 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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