Yorkshire and the Humber: official statistics
Yorkshire and the Humber is the official statistical region for the historic county of Yorkshire plus northern Lincolnshire. It has 15 local authorities: the five West Yorkshire districts (Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield and Calderdale), the four South Yorkshire districts (Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley), North Yorkshire, York, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees are counted in the North East region. The ONS uses code E12000003 for the region in its population estimates.
When people search for "Yorkshire" figures, this is the region the ONS, HM Land Registry and most government statistics use. Monthly labour market figures here load directly from the ONS.
Figures from the ONS update automatically when a new release comes out; the others show the latest value when we last checked, with its period.
A manufacturing and energy region
Gross value added was £171.6 billion in 2024, according to the ONS regional GVA by industry. Manufacturing accounted for 13.1%, nearly half as much again as its 8.9% share of UK output. Within that, food, drink and tobacco made up 2.7% of regional GVA (UK 1.5%), basic and fabricated metals 2.0% (UK 1.0%) and coke, refined petroleum and chemicals 1.6% (UK 0.6%). Electricity and gas supply was 2.7%, above the UK's 2.0%.
Information and communication (3.6% against 6.1%) and professional, scientific and technical services (6.1% against 8.6%) are under-represented. Finance and insurance made up 6.0% of output, below the UK's 8.0%.
Growth and output per head
The ONS regional GDP figures put real growth in 2024 at 0.8%, the slowest of the English regions, and output per head fell 0.3% in real terms. GDP per head at current prices was £34,041, sixth of nine in England. Disposable household income per head was £21,913, 84.4% of the UK average, in the ONS GDHI release. For how output per worker and per hour are measured, see how UK productivity is measured. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland publish their own figures: see Scotland's GDP and how the Northern Ireland economy is doing.
Jobs and pay
Unemployment was 5.2% in May to July 2026, third highest of the English regions, against 4.9% for the UK. The employment rate was 72.9% and the inactivity rate 22.9%. The claimant count rate was 4.8% in August 2026.
Median full-time pay for jobs in the region was £35,682 in April 2025, 3.7% up on 2024 and seventh of the nine regions. The all-employee median was £30,486. District-level pay and employment are in the Nomis profile for Yorkshire and the Humber.
Homes and rents
The UK House Price Index average for July 2026 was £209,116, up 3.0% in a year and the second lowest regional average in England after the North East. Detached houses averaged £347,690 and flats £127,578. Prices vary widely between, for example, Harrogate and Hull, so for a town use the Land Registry browser filtered to its local authority.
Private rents averaged £865 a month in August 2026, up 4.9% year on year in the ONS rent index.
Population
The region's population was 5,672,166 at mid-2025, up 15,595 (0.3%) in a year, slower than England's 0.4%. There were 2,401 more deaths than births. Net international migration added 15,172 and moves from elsewhere in the UK a net 3,265. Leeds (840,550) is the second largest local authority district in England after Birmingham, and the West Yorkshire area has 2,424,324 people. The median age was 40.8.
Mayors and combined authorities
Four mayoral combined authorities sit wholly within the region: West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire and Hull and East Yorkshire. North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire belong to the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, which also covers Lincolnshire in the East Midlands. West and South Yorkshire receive Integrated Settlements, according to the GOV.UK Mayoral Strategic Authority funding note, which lists the other two Yorkshire authorities and Greater Lincolnshire among the mayoral authorities that are less than five years old.
Questions about Yorkshire and the Humber
What is the average salary in Yorkshire?
Median full-time pay for jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber was £35,682 a year in April 2025 (£708.20 a week), according to provisional ONS ASHE data. The all-employee median, including part-time work, was £30,486.
How many people live in Yorkshire and the Humber?
5,672,166 at mid-2025, according to ONS estimates published on 29 July 2026. West Yorkshire accounts for 2.4 million and South Yorkshire for 1.4 million.
What is the average house price in Yorkshire?
£209,116 in July 2026 for Yorkshire and the Humber on the UK House Price Index, 3.0% higher than a year earlier. The Land Registry tool also gives separate figures for North Yorkshire, York and the other council areas.
What is the unemployment rate in Yorkshire?
5.2% in May to July 2026, against 4.9% for the UK. The figure on this page refreshes each month from the ONS.
What is the GDP of Yorkshire and the Humber?
£193.1 billion in 2024 at current market prices, or £34,041 per head, in the ONS regional accounts published on 23 September 2026. Real growth was 0.8%, the slowest of the English regions that year.
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Official sources: ONS labour market in the regions of the UK · Nomis labour market profile: Yorkshire and The Humber · ONS population estimates for England and Wales · ONS regional economic activity by GDP · West Yorkshire Combined Authority · South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority · Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
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