YO1 postcode area · York

The YO1 postcode district spans 20 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in North Yorkshire, York. Area Scores range from 30 to 99 across them. Every full YO1 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The YO1 district contains both ends of the scale: Wigginton at 99 out of 100 (#39 of 6,856 in England) against Clifton North at 30, a 69-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 15 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £235,000 in Heworth South & The Groves to £445,000 in Poppleton, Rufforth & Askham — a 1.9× gap within the YO1 district. Note that the district straddles 2 local authorities — North Yorkshire and York — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£40,876a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime70per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied65%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the YO1 district

£277,500median home sold over the past year · +13.3% over 5 years · -16.8% over the year · 88 sales
Detached
Semi-detached
Terraced£420,000
Flat£219,000
York£300,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
WiggintonYork 3999 £325,000
South Bank & DringhousesYork 17697 £390,000
Dunnington, Elvington & WheldrakeYork 27996 £370,000
Bishopthorpe & CopmanthorpeYork 29396 £390,000
Poppleton, Rufforth & AskhamYork 30796 £445,000
OsbaldwickYork 30796 £330,500
Rawcliffe & Clifton SouthYork 34895 £340,000
Fulford, Heslington & UniversityYork 63691 £374,000
HuntingtonYork 65690 £290,000
Holgate EastYork 1,25382 £255,000
Fulford Road & ClementhorpeYork 1,27381 £295,000
Easingwold & StillingtonNorth Yorkshire 1,53478 £376,000
AcombYork 1,54078 £305,000
Church Fenton, Appleton & WistowNorth Yorkshire 1,58877 £320,750
Woodthorpe & Acomb ParkYork 1,69175 £277,750
Heworth South & The GrovesYork 2,81559 £235,000
Holgate WestYork 3,20653 £274,500
Tang HallYork 3,32352 £244,000
York City CentreYork 4,28937 £280,000
Clifton NorthYork 4,79030 £255,500

People living in YO1 Census 2021

Residents175,334
Median age (est.)40
Density354per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 19%25–44 24%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 13%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 31%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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.

Towns & places in YO1

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the YO1 district.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around YO1.

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.