YO21 2AE

Danby & Mulgrave · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitby
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 2AG 264 m
YO21 2AF 425 m
YO21 2AH 565 m
YO21 2AQ 626 m
YO21 2AJ 694 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 2AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 2
Latitude
54.462614
Longitude
-0.820798
British National Grid easting
476,536
British National Grid northing
508,109

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007675
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141687
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 002A · E01027813
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 002 · E02005796

Postcode source versions

Explore YO21

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Moor Edge, Lealholm Bank Top, Lealholm, Whitby, YO21 2AE 31 January 2025 £465,000
Postgate House, Lealholm Bank Top, Lealholm, Whitby, YO21 2AE 21 July 2016 £482,500
Eastfield, Lealholm Bank Top, Lealholm, Whitby, YO21 2AE 13 December 2012 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Lealholm Primary School

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    625 m
  2. Glaisdale Primary School

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    3.0 km
  3. St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

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    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Other crime 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Public order 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
YO21 2 residents
2,944

Age bands in YO21 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.6%

337 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

242 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

516 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

927 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

879 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO21 2 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
100%

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

  • Lealholmside Village Centre

    BCT · Lealholm

    0.1 miles
  • Lealholm Rail Station

    RSE · Lealholm

    0.2 miles
  • Lealholm Rail Station

    RLY · Lealholm

    0.2 miles
  • County Primary School

    BCT · Lealholm

    0.3 miles
  • St James Church

    BCT · Lealholm

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 002A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,556 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 1 recorded sale in YO21 2AE. 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.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lealholm Primary School is the nearest published school at 625 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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