Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:30 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 25 min8:17 am – 3:42 pm
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People7,874 residentsin the Kirk Ella census areaMedian age 52.13,406 households91% of homes owner-occupied54% owned outright2% social rented, 7% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 3,562 in work, 36% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 12%Getting to work: 31% work from home, 61% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle73% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages39% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C712 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August37 days of air frost, 9 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 landmarksMurder Daledale · 2.2 miMiddlebrough Hillhill · 2.1 miRush Hillhill · 2.2 miLong Drive Woodwoodland · under a mileThe Grovewoodland · under a milePotter Daledale · 3.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHull Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 37 haSpringhead Park Gardenspark · 1.4 mi · 2 haKing George V Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 6 haHumber Bridge Country Parkpark · 2.2 mi · 30 haPickering Parkpark · 2.5 mi · 24 haHaltemprice Sports Centresports ground · under a mile · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes71 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200825 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202621 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 6.2 · PM2.5 6.9 · 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
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,951 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation37 m121 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 12 to 64 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSpire Hull And East Riding Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryDr Ac Milner4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWillerby Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Logicunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi13 schools8 primary, 1 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 independent, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryKirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary Schoolages 4-11, 414 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWolfreton School and Sixth Form Collegeages 11-18, 1,381 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWillerby Carr Lane Primary Schoolages 4-11, 420 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWyke Sixth Form College2.8 miUniversityUniversity of Hull3.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY13 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA50 miRailway stationHessle2.6 miBus stationHymers CollegeThe Avenues3.7 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton7.4 miBus stops80 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HU10 postcode district.
