Poppleton, Rufforth & Askham

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,516 · 4 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #307 of 6,856 in England
  • #25 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #5 of 24 in York
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,442
Median age (est.)49
Density160per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above47%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 12%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

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 56% · No religion 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Poppleton, Rufforth & Askham is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #307 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #5 of 24 in York. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £445,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 102 sales), 48% above the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,162 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 97 · #217
Employment 97 · #204
Education 96 · #259
Health 86 · #985
Crime 97 · #183
Housing & access 32 · #4,625
Living environment 76 · #1,678

House prices ?

£445,000median (12m) · -9.6% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£445,000102-9.6%+17.1%
Detached£480,00064-4.0%+18.8%
Semi-detached£349,99529-6.7%+1.6%
Terraced£287,2488-15.5%+36.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£445,000
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)£48,162±£7,001 · #1,419 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,420
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 188 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #338 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences85
Theft54
Burglary9
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson9
Public order & weapons12
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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