Is Market Weighton, Yorkshire a nice place to live?

Is Market Weighton a nice place to live or is Market Weighton a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Market Weighton meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Market Weighton?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Market Weighton. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Market Weighton. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Escrick	32281
2	Wolds Weighton	29061
3	Howden	28811
4	Dale	28382
5	Willerby and Kirk Ella	25597
6	St Mary's	24805
7	Goole North	23537
8	Minster and Woodmansey	20166
9	Cottingham North	18356
10	Cottingham South	12591

Is Market Weighton a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Market Weighton, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Market Weighton residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
York	4.23
Selby	4.35
East Riding of Yorkshire (Market Weighton)	5.38
Kingston upon Hull, City of	6.83

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Market Weighton. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Market Weighton. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Dale (Best)	27422
2	Wolds Weighton	26706
3	Willerby and Kirk Ella	26698
4	Escrick	26254
5	Howden	26126
6	Cottingham North	25149
7	St Mary's	25028
8	Minster and Woodmansey	22830
9	Goole North	21688
10	Cottingham South (Worst)	20331

Is Market Weighton rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Market Weighton. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Willerby and Kirk Ella	29504
2	Dale	29031
3	St Mary's	26408
4	Cottingham North	26194
5	Escrick	25439
6	Howden	24811
7	Wolds Weighton	22562
8	Minster and Woodmansey	21219
9	Cottingham South	19409
10	Goole North	19289

How affordable are the rents in Market Weighton?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Market Weighton rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for .

Beds	East Riding of Yorkshire
1	£395	£
2	£525	£
3	£650	£
4	£925	£

How much can I earn in Market Weighton per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Market Weighton, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Market Weighton's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	East Riding of Yorkshire UA (Market Weighton)	£660.00
2	York UA	£646.80
3	Kingston upon Hull UA	£574.70

So, is Market Weighton a nice place to live?

Market Weighton has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Market Weighton are more expensive than other parts of .

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