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In North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, this town has 2,763 residents.
Kirkbymoorside’s grades pull in different directions. Schools lag: primary results beat 8% of towns in England. Work and incomes lag: mean household income £49,316; 2.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Health outcomes beat most towns: men here can expect to live to 82, women to 87. Homes sell for a median £227,250, about 4.9 years of what households in the Ryedale council area earn. It is strong on walkability as well — 22% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The overall grade lands at C, #42 of 54 in North Yorkshire. Nationally, it does better than just over a third of UK towns.
Figures: life expectancy and income, ONS · commuting, Census 2021 · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
ONS publishes one rent for all of North Yorkshire, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Kirkbymoorside does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Kirkbymoorside is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Kirkbymoorside’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kirkbymoorside.
29% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 14%, below North Yorkshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents. Kirkbymoorside has a median age of 51.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Kirkbymoorside | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below is its only school. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, 50% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one primary school teaches 181 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkbymoorside Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 181 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them. Kirkbymoorside’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Scaled to its population, that is 156 listed buildings for every 10,000 people here. Conservation areas cover 19% of the town’s land, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 76% of commuters, close to North Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and above England’s towns (70%). Home was the main workplace for 20% of workers at the census. About just over a fifth of its commuters stay in Kirkbymoorside for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.6.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Kirkbymoorside is Scarborough Hospital, 20.2 miles away. Asked at the census, 80% of residents of Kirkbymoorside said they were in good or very good health. Disability touches 18% of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Kirkbymoorside | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
23% rent privately, above North Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. 150 standard sales inside Kirkbymoorside’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £227,250. Private rents average £849 a month across the North Yorkshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £307,500 | 50 |
| Semi-detached | £210,000 | 52 |
| Terraced | £193,000 | 44 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Burglary and damage came to 10.9 per 1,000 residents a year, above both North Yorkshire’s towns (7.4) and England’s towns (9.4). Kirkbymoorside logged 151 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 32 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences were 58% of the crimes.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
43 listed buildings in Kirkbymoorside, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kings Head Hotel: Photo: Pauline E · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Market Cross Approximately 2 Metres South of No 12: Photo: Michael Jagger · CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Westminster Bank: Photo: Mike Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Kirkbymoorside.
Thomas Pierson Frank: Elliott & Fry, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkbymoorside | 2,763 | — | C | C | C+ | A− |
| Helmsley | 1,345 | 5.2 | — | D− | B− | B+ |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 6.5 | C | D | C+ | B− |
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 8.3 | — | D− | A | A− |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 8.9 | — | D− | A | B |
| Malton | 6,320 | 11 | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 11 | B− | C | B | C+ |
Helmsley, Ampleforth and Thornton-le-Dale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by North Yorkshire council.
That is 6.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
About the middle for its size: 63% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Kirkbymoorside is a built-up area of 2,763 people, in the Ryedale council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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