Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:31 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 25 min8:17 am – 3:43 pm
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People8,322 residentsin the Gilberdyke & North Cave census areaMedian age 46.63,292 households77% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright8% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.5% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 3,735 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, manufacturing 13%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 24% work from home, 67% go by car, 1% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle33% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages27% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C692 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksEight Acre Lakelake · 1.7 miThe Islandisland · 1.4 miEverthorpe Hillhill · under a mileDrewton Daledale · 1.1 miMill Hillhill · under a mileComber Daledale · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCave Castle Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 62 haBull Pasturepark · under a mileKing George's Fieldpark · under a mileStation Road Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSouth Cave Sports Centresports ground · under a mileThe Greenpark · 2.3 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes74 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200829 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202627 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.1 · PM2.5 6.5 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,467 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation33 m108 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 13 to 61 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCastle Hill Hospital7.1 miGP surgerySouth Cave Medical Practice4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBootsunder a mileDentistTime For Teeth Hmp Humberunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimarySouth Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 4-11, 194 pupilsunder a milePrimaryNorth Cave Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 112 pupils1.0 miSecondarySouth Hunsley School and Sixth Form Collegeages 11-18, 2,085 pupils4.7 miCollegeBishop Burton College6.9 miUniversityUniversity of Hull10.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY18 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA43 miRailway stationBroomfleet3.3 miBus stationBeverley Bus Station9.0 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton14 miBus stops25 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HU15 postcode district.
