Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 13 min4:28 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 19 min8:21 am – 3:40 pm
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People6,349 residentsin the Kirkbymoorside & Moors census areaMedian age 54.52,973 households70% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright9% social rented, 21% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,963 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, construction 10%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 55% go by car, 10% walk or cycle42% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages34% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month January: highs 5°C, lows 0°C973 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November67 days of air frost, 3 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)
Earthquakes48 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202028 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202550 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 3.2 · PM2.5 4.6 · PM10 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband67% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband84% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,561 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation226 m741 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 146 to 273 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhitby Hospital13 miGP surgeryPickering Medical Practice5.7 miPharmacyPickering Pharmacy5.7 miDentistBirdgate Dental5.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeScarborough Sixth Form College14.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME29 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA48 miRailway stationEgton7.6 miFerryTransporter Bridge South SideMiddlesbrough25 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the YO18 postcode district.
