City Profile • Local Authority

York

York is a local authority district comprising 13 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £369k, reflecting a upward trend of 7.2% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 81 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

204,551
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

13 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the York authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English87.3%
White: Other White4.6%
Chinese1.4%
Other Asian1.0%
Indian0.9%
White and Asian0.8%

Age Profile

20-24 years10.0%
15-19 years7.5%
50-54 years6.5%
55-59 years6.4%
25-29 years6.4%
30-34 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional24.4%
Associate professional13.1%
Managers and directors12.1%
Elementary occupations10.4%
Skilled trades9.0%
Caring and leisure8.8%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright36.8%
Owned: Mortgage28.3%
Private rented: Landlord17.8%
Social rented: Council8.4%
Social rented: Other5.6%
Private rented: Other2.2%

Area DNA

family3/10
health6/10
safety5/10
homeown5/10
transit8/10
affluence7/10
diversity5/10
employment7/10
investment10/10