Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 12 min4:32 am – 9:44 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 20 min8:25 am – 3:45 pm
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People5,494 residentsin the Masham, Kirkby Malzeard & North Stainley census areaMedian age 52.12,376 households70% of homes owner-occupied47% owned outright8% social rented, 21% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.3% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 2,685 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 10%, farming, forestry and fishing 10%Getting to work: 40% work from home, 50% go by car, 8% walk or cycle40% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month February: highs 6°C, lows 0°C1,067 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December59 days of air frost, 5 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)
Parks and green spacesHimalayan Garden and Sculpture Parkpark · 3.2 mi · 29 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes70 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19708 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197235 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202644 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 2.4 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 7.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband54% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband84% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,514 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation185 m607 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 128 to 274 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalRipon And District Community Hospital11 miGP surgeryMasham & Kirkby Malzeard Surgery3.9 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy3.9 miDentistLeyburn Dental Practice7.5 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA24 miRailway stationNorthallerton15 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HG4 postcode district.
