List of settlements in North Yorkshire by population

This is a list of settlements in North Yorkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census took place in 2021.

Population ranking

See also: List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire and Demographics of Tees Valley

York

Middlesbrough

Harrogate

Scarborough

Redcar

Thornaby

Ingleby Barwick

Yarm

Selby

Guisborough

Northallerton

Ripon

Knaresborough

Skipton

Whitby

Richmond

Catterick Garrison

Norton

Pickering

Tadcaster

Malton

Huntington

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The 19 largest settlements of North Yorkshire, along with Malton. Cities and county town (Northallerton) in bold, district centres in yellow.

Place	Population (2021)	Local authority	Defined as
Middlesbrough	148,215	Middlesbrough	Town
York	141,685	City of York	City
Harrogate	75,515	North Yorkshire	Town
Scarborough	59,505	North Yorkshire	Town
Redcar	37,660	Redcar and Cleveland	Town
Eston	29,635	Redcar and Cleveland	Town
Ingleby Barwick	23,380	Stockton-on-Tees (south)	Town
Thornaby-on-Tees	23,350	Stockton-on-Tees (south)	Town
Selby	19,475	North Yorkshire	Town
Guisborough	18,095	Redcar and Cleveland	Town
Ripon	16,590	North Yorkshire	City
Knaresborough	15,785	North Yorkshire	Town
Skipton	15,050	North Yorkshire	Town
Catterick Garrison	14,210	North Yorkshire	Town
Northallerton	13,310	North Yorkshire	Town
Whitby	12,595	North Yorkshire	Town
Huntington	12,420	City of York	Village
Haxby	10,180	City of York	Town
Yarm-on-Tees	9,600	Stockton-on-Tees (south)	Town
Richmond	8,075	North Yorkshire	Town
Norton-on-Derwent	7,905	North Yorkshire	Town
Marske-by-the-Sea	7,580	Redcar and Cleveland	Village
Pickering	7,255	North Yorkshire	Town
Skelton-in-Cleveland	6,895	Redcar and Cleveland	Town
Filey	6,665	North Yorkshire	Town
Tadcaster	6,340	North Yorkshire	Town
Malton	6,320	North Yorkshire	Town
Thirsk	5,890	North Yorkshire	Town
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	5,875	Redcar and Cleveland	Town
Brotton	5,400	Redcar and Cleveland	Village

They are also multiple smaller settlements of North Yorkshire:

• Acomb, Alne, Ampleforth, Appleton-le-Moors, Appleton Wiske
• Bedale, Bishopthorpe, Bolton, Boroughbridge, Borrowby (west), Borrowby (east), Brompton (west), Brompton (east), Brotton, Buckden
• Castleton, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Cawood, Clapham, Conistone, Copmanthorpe
• Dalton (east), Dalton (west), Dalton-on-Tees, Danby Wiske, Drax, Dunnington
• Easby, Easingwold, Egton, Elvington, Eston, Ebberston
• Filey, Flixton, Folkton
• Giggleswick, Gilling East, Gilling West, Glasshouses, Goathland, Grangetown, Grassington, Great Ayton, Grosmont, Guisborough, Ganton, Glaisdale
• Harrogate, Hawes, Haxby, Hebden, Helmsley, High Bentham, Hornton, Hunmanby, Huntington, Hutton Rudby
• Ingleton, Ingleby Arncliffe, Ingleby Barwick, Ingleby Greenhow
• Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough
• Leyburn
• Malham, Malton, Masham, Marske-by-the-Sea, Middleham, Middlesbrough, Middleton (east), Middleton (middle), Middleton (west), Muston
• New Marske, Normanby, Northallerton, Norton, North Grimston,
• Ormesby, Osmotherley
• Pateley Bridge, Pickering
• Raskelf, Redcar, Reeth, Riccall, Richmond, Rievaulx, Rillington, Ripon, Robin Hood's Bay, Romanby
• Saltburn, Scagglethorpe, Scampston, Scarborough, Scorton, Selby, Settle, Sherburn, Sheriff Hutton, Shipton, Skelton (east), Skelton (middle), Skelton (west), Skinningrove, Skipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Stokesley, Streetlam, Sutton, Swinton
• Tadcaster, Teesville, Thirsk, Thornaby
• Westow, Whale Hill, Wheldrake, Whitby, Wintringham
• Yarm, York, Yedingham

See also

• List of places in Yorkshire
• List of settlements in West Yorkshire by population
• List of settlements in County Durham by population
• North Yorkshire
• Demographics of Tees Valley

External links

• ONS Census website