YO42 4PU

Howdenshire · East Riding of Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
York
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO42
Postcode sector
YO42 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO42 4PX 318 m
YO42 4TB 1.1 km
YO42 4TX 1.2 km
YO42 4TA 1.3 km
YO42 4TU 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO42 4PU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO42
Postcode sector
YO42 4
Latitude
53.863886
Longitude
-0.901450
British National Grid easting
472,343
British National Grid northing
441,409

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
East Riding of Yorkshire · E06000011
Parish or community
E04000386
Westminster constituency
Goole and Pocklington · E14001250
Output area
E00065684
Lower layer super output area
East Riding of Yorkshire 018A · E01013022
Middle layer super output area
East Riding of Yorkshire 018 · E02002701

Postcode source versions

Explore YO42

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Oak Cottage, Ellerton, York, YO42 4PU 10 February 2009 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Melbourne Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
YO42 4 residents
4,194

Age bands in YO42 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

565 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

324 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

716 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,292 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

1,072 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO42 4 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+
20%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
20%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
20%
Gigabit-capable
20%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
40%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
40%

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

  • Fog Lane B1228

    BCT · East Cottingwith

    0.0 miles
  • East Cottingwith Bridge Farm

    BCT · East Cottingwith

    0.0 miles
  • East Cottingwith Main St

    BCT · East Cottingwith

    1.3 miles
  • East Cottingwith Main St

    BCT · East Cottingwith

    1.3 miles
  • Ellerton The Weres

    BCT · Ellerton

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Riding of Yorkshire 018A, 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

20,358 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Melbourne Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 1 events.

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