East Riding of Yorkshire: local statistics
East Riding of Yorkshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber, home to an estimated 360,334 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over East Riding of Yorkshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in East Riding of Yorkshire took home £755.90 a week before tax, or £37,595 over a year. That is 6.2% above the figure for the Yorkshire and the Humber and the 2nd highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Jobs based in East Riding of Yorkshire paid a median £695.40 a week, £60.50 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £503.50: a change of +50% before inflation.
The police recorded 50.8 crimes per 1,000 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire in the year to March 2026 (18,292 offences in all), the 2nd lowest rate of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. The rate was 51.4 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 40.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In mid-2025 the population of East Riding of Yorkshire was estimated at 360,334, up 1.4% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 7.6% (the Yorkshire and the Humber: +5.5%), the 3rd fastest growth of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A girl born in East Riding of Yorkshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.4 years and a boy 80.0 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.2 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the 3rd highest for women in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
2.3% of East Riding of Yorkshire residents aged 16 to 64 (4,645 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the Yorkshire and the Humber: 4.1%). A year earlier the rate was 2.2%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.2% (December 2025) and 3.3% (August 2021).
The average house price in East Riding of Yorkshire was £220,408 in July 2026, up 1.6% on a year before. It ranks as 4th of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber, counting from the highest; the average for the Yorkshire and the Humber was £209,116. Prices are 42% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in East Riding of Yorkshire (£37,595) gives a ratio of 5.9. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in East Riding of Yorkshire is £2,466.08, up £122.53 on 2025-26. It is the 4th highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,572.73.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 76.5% of East Riding of Yorkshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.3 points either way, against 73.3% across the Yorkshire and the Humber. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 74.8% to 79.5%.
In March 2026, 16,160 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in East Riding of Yorkshire, 4% more than in 2016. That is 45 for every 1,000 residents, the 2nd highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 334,735 |
| 2016 | 336,323 |
| 2017 | 336,697 |
| 2018 | 337,192 |
| 2019 | 338,944 |
| 2020 | 341,050 |
| 2021 | 343,145 |
| 2022 | 346,506 |
| 2023 | 351,030 |
| 2024 | 355,378 |
| 2025 | 360,334 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £155,297 |
| July 2017 | £164,569 |
| July 2018 | £168,018 |
| July 2019 | £171,606 |
| July 2020 | £175,253 |
| July 2021 | £192,256 |
| July 2022 | £206,721 |
| July 2023 | £210,650 |
| July 2024 | £209,431 |
| July 2025 | £217,041 |
| July 2026 | £220,408 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £503.50 a week |
| 2016 | £526.30 a week |
| 2017 | £526.60 a week |
| 2018 | £551.80 a week |
| 2019 | £601.20 a week |
| 2020 | £563.60 a week |
| 2021 | £609.00 a week |
| 2022 | £635.70 a week |
| 2023 | £659.30 a week |
| 2024 | £714.70 a week |
| 2025 | £755.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,572.73 |
| 2017-18 | £1,642.82 |
| 2018-19 | £1,737.06 |
| 2019-20 | £1,807.55 |
| 2020-21 | £1,874.86 |
| 2021-22 | £1,944.97 |
| 2022-23 | £2,020.90 |
| 2023-24 | £2,124 |
| 2024-25 | £2,230.39 |
| 2025-26 | £2,343.55 |
| 2026-27 | £2,466.08 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 40.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 54.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 63.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 61.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 52.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 57.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 50.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 55.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 51.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 50.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 77.6% |
| 2016/17 | 76.2% |
| 2017/18 | 76.3% |
| 2018/19 | 77.0% |
| 2019/20 | 79.5% |
| 2020/21 | 74.8% |
| 2021/22 | 78.3% |
| 2022/23 | 77.6% |
| 2023/24 | 76.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79.3% |
| 2025/26 | 76.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 15,480 |
| 2017 | 16,295 |
| 2018 | 15,895 |
| 2019 | 15,945 |
| 2020 | 15,815 |
| 2021 | 15,855 |
| 2022 | 16,035 |
| 2023 | 15,820 |
| 2024 | 15,780 |
| 2025 | 15,795 |
| 2026 | 16,160 |
Questions about East Riding of Yorkshire
What is the average salary in East Riding of Yorkshire?
£755.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in East Riding of Yorkshire?
Home Office figures show 18,292 offences in the year to March 2026, or 50.8 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of East Riding of Yorkshire?
The ONS estimates 360,334 people lived in East Riding of Yorkshire in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in East Riding of Yorkshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.0 years for men and 83.4 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Riding of Yorkshire?
The ONS claimant count was 4,645 in August 2026, 2.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in East Riding of Yorkshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £220,408.
How much is Band D council tax in East Riding of Yorkshire?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,466.08 for 2026-27.
Who has power over East Riding of Yorkshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Riding of Yorkshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- East Riding of Yorkshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Riding of Yorkshire in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Hull and East Yorkshire Combined County Authority combined county authority
- Humberside Police police force
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Yorkshire and the Humber in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Beverley and Holderness: Graham Stuart (Conservative) MP
- Bridlington and The Wolds: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) MP
- Goole and Pocklington: David Davis (Conservative) MP
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham: Dame Diana Johnson (Labour) MP
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice: Emma Hardy (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population
- Other council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber: Barnsley · Doncaster · Kingston upon Hull, City of · Kirklees · Rotherham · Wakefield
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