BD23 5JA

Wharfedale · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Skipton
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 5JX 88 m
BD23 5JU 175 m
BD23 5JD 606 m
BD23 5JE 1.9 km
BD23 5JB 1.9 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 5JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 5
Latitude
54.190518
Longitude
-2.089913
British National Grid easting
394,231
British National Grid northing
477,197

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007066
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140430
Lower layer super output area
Craven 009A · E01027585
Middle layer super output area
Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

77 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Rowan Cottage, Buckden, Skipton, BD23 5JA 22 May 2026 £240,000
Keld Close Barn, Buckden, Skipton, BD23 5JA 20 May 2026 £580,000
Moor View, Buckden, Skipton, BD23 5JA 15 January 2026 £340,000

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

37 female, 39 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
1.9
BD23 5 residents
3,234

Age bands in BD23 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.2%

341 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

245 residents

Age 25 to 44
13%

433 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,033 residents

Age 65 and over
38.4%

1,280 residents

This postcode contained 2.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BD23 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
97%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • The Buck Inn

    BCT · Buckden

    0.0 miles
  • The Buck Inn

    BCT · Buckden

    0.0 miles
  • Car Park

    BCT · Buckden

    0.1 miles
  • The Old White Lion

    BCT · Cray

    1.2 miles
  • The Old White Lion

    BCT · Cray

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,557 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
2
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
6
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £465,000 from 9 recorded sales in BD23 5JA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.