Is Hill Top Drive in Harrogate a nice place to live?

Hill Top Drive is classified by the ONS as White Professionals. Hill Top Drive is in the lowest 20% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Hill Top Drive is located in the Harrogate Bilton Grange ward of the Harrogate district in North Yorkshire.
Coordinates 54.009212, -1.535904
Grid Ref SE305571
Constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough
Postcodes HG1 3BU

House Prices

The average house price in Hill Top Drive is 15.47% lower than the rest of Harrogate. The last sale we have on record is 32 Hill Top Drive, that sold for £275,000. The average house price in Harrogate is £301,678 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in Hill Top Drive

Date No. Type Price
05/07/2022 32 Semi £275,000
17/01/2022 3 Semi £247,500

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in Hill Top Drive, North Yorkshire

There were no street crime incidents recorded by North-yorkshire Police in Hill Top Drive during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Hill Top Drive and compared that to the average for the Harrogate Bilton Grange ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Hill Top Drive, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Harrogate Bilton Grange ward

Social economic statistics for Hill Top Drive

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Hill Top Drive is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Hill Top Drive is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Hill Top Drive experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Hill Top Drive are in the top 30% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Hill Top Drive involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Hill Top Drive are in the top 20% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Hill Top Drive are in the top 20% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Hill Top Drive, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Hill Top Drive are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Hill Top Drive

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Hill Top Drive.

Unemployment in Hill Top Drive

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
1.5% of Hill Top Drive residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Hill Top Drive

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Hill Top Drive. The proportion of retirees on Hill Top Drive is 7.72% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
26.32% of Hill Top Drive residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Hill Top Drive

The proportion of home owners on Hill Top Drive is 12.26% higher than the national average of 62%. 25% of properties in Hill Top Drive are private rented and 0.74% are social rented.
74.26% of residents of Hill Top Drive own their home

Country of Birth of Hill Top Drive residents

The proportion if Hill Top Drive residents born in the UK is 8.23% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 9.12% of Hill Top Drive residents were born outside the UK.
90.88% of Hill Top Drive residents were born in the UK

Hill Top Drive Summary

Hill Top Drive has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Hill Top Drive maybe difficult.

Hill Top Drive has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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