Rufforth

14°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:28

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Bootham, United Kingdom

304 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poppleton (3.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£309,611 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across York · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,193 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £871
• 2 bed £1,076
• 3 bed £1,272

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Poppleton Bar layby lane (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• York's latest highways project: overnight works to Haxby Roundabout on the A1237· 11 Sept 2026
• Support for neurodivergent York residents· 10 Sept 2026
• Step outside as York Walking Festival returns for 2026· 10 Sept 2026
• New heating systems improve health and lower electricity use· 9 Sept 2026
• Parts of the A1079 to be resurfaced· 4 Sept 2026

Source: York Council

202,821 residents in York · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 275 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,287 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 93,700)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

73 schools · 27,170 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 30 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · York

182 CQC-registered services

• Care homes42
• GP practices20
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · York

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

314 applications decided

78.7% granted · 247 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

York Outer

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• Con 3
• LD 19
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Law Tutor in Rufforth – Flexible & Remote, Become a Spanish Tutor in Rufforth – Flexible & Remote, Online Law Tutoring Job in Rufforth – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,506 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,860 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 25% · Biomass 21% · Imports 10%

25 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 60.8 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in York Outer:

• Require accessible changing benches for disabled children in public venues387 local signatures · 11,595 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership348 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership337 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s277 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office272 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Rufforth · 0.2 km

  Rufforth is a village in the civil parish of Rufforth with Knapton, in the unitary authority area of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of York. The village is mentioned…

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  All Saints' Church, Rufforth · 0.3 km

  All Saints' Church is the parish church of the village of Rufforth, in the rural western part of the City of York, in England.

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  Rufforth Circuit · 0.8 km

  Rufforth Circuit is a disused motor racing circuit built on an airfield in North Yorkshire, England. Rufforth circuit was built on the site of a World War II bomber base, RAF Rufforth, opened in 1942. The airfield rem…

• RAF Rufforth · 0.9 km

  Royal Air Force Rufforth or RAF Rufforth is a former Royal Air Force station located near Rufforth in North Yorkshire, England. It was used by only one operational squadron on long-range bombing missions during the Se…

• Rural West York · 1.6 km

  Rural West York is one of the outer wards of the unitary authority of City of York, England.

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  Hessay · 2.2 km

  Hessay is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of York, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England 4.7 miles (7.5 km) west of York.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)