Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 11 min4:28 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 21 min8:20 am – 3:40 pm
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People6,846 residentsin the Rillington & Sherburn census areaMedian age 49.72,949 households61% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright14% social rented, 25% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.7% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,374 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 12%, farming, forestry and fishing 11%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 61% go by car, 1% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle37% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages30% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 21°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C790 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November43 days of air frost, 8 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 landmarksDeep Daledale · 1.9 miOld Daledale · 1.9 miWeb Hillhill · 1.6 miBrompton Castle Hillcastle · 4.4 miBadger Woodwoodland · under a mileKeeper Woodwoodland · under a mileWhin Valleyvalley · 2.2 miMill Hillhill · 2.5 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesHeslerton Sports Clubsports ground · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes54 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202041 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202648 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 3.6 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 9.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband33% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband84% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,124 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation43 m141 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 26 to 186 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMalton Community Hospital8.4 miGP surgerySherburn Surgery3.2 miPharmacyBeckside Pharmacy6.4 miDentistEast Ayton Dental Practice LTD7.7 miPolice stationNorth Yorkshire Police - Pickering Police Station8.3 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryWest Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 4-11, 81 pupilsunder a mileCollegeScarborough Sixth Form College10.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME41 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA48 miRailway stationMalton8.1 miBus stops2 within a mileEV chargingRyedale House7.7 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the YO17 postcode district.
