Strensall

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,929 · 4 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #327 of 6,856 in England
  • #28 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #7 of 24 in York
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,946
Median age (est.)45
Density337per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above39%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 6%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Strensall is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #327 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #7 of 24 in York. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 71 sales), 10% above the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,565 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 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 94 · #430
Employment 96 · #286
Education 90 · #704
Health 84 · #1,122
Crime 97 · #190
Housing & access 31 · #4,707
Living environment 98 · #121

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,00071+1.5%+10.9%
Detached£435,00034+8.8%+21.8%
Semi-detached£285,00024-2.6%+21.3%
Terraced£265,00011+0.4%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£330,000
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)£46,565±£6,623 · #1,722 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,760
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 144 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #37 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft10
Burglary3
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons15
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 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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