Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:32 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:16 am – 3:44 pm
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People6,621 residentsin the Scunthorpe Yaddlethorpe census areaMedian age 50.53,061 households85% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright2% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,142 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 17%, retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 15%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 74% go by car, 1% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle74% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C661 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August40 days of air frost, 13 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 landmarksScunthorpe first baby rainbow memorial gardenhistoric site · 2.0 miParkwood Joinery Ltd.bridge · under a mileBrat Hillhill · 1.8 miRiveaux Abbeyhistoric site · 4.0 miHolme Woodwoodland · 1.0 miNew Forest Plantationforest · 3.8 miBrumby Commonwoodland · 1.7 miM180 Trent Bridgebridge · 3.3 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesBeckside Linear Parkpark · under a mile · 14 haSilica Country Parkpark · under a mile · 9 haManor Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 16 haScunthorpe Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 52 haSouth Park Industrial Estatesports ground · under a mile · 25 haGreenacre Park Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes84 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19707 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200817 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202624 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 5.6 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 14 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)3,089 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation17 m56 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 2 to 46 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalScunthorpe General Hospital2.5 miGP surgeryCambridge Avenue & Messingham Mc15 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWeldricks Pharmacy11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistBottesford Dental Practice1.1 miPolice stationScunthorpe Police Station2.6 miCash machineLincolnshire Co-op - Willoughby Roadunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi26 schools16 primary, 3 secondary, 2 independent, 4 special, 1 otherIndependentThe Acres Independent Schoolages 11-19, 49 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLeys Farm Junior Schoolages 7-11, 124 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryFrederick Gough Schoolages 11-16, 1,334 pupils1.2 miCollegeJohn Leggott Sixth Form College1.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY13 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA46 miRailway stationScunthorpe2.4 miBus stationBus StationScunthorpe2.8 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton21 miBus stops98 within a mileCar parkAshby High Street Car ParkScunthorpe1.2 miEV chargingubitricity5 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN17 postcode district.
