Facts and figures about Yorkshire and Humber
- Yorkshire and Humber is the fifth largest of the nine English regions in terms of land area. The region has the greatest area of national parks with around 315,000 hectares, which represented 21 per cent of the region’s land area in 2005. The largest local authority district in terms of land area is the East Riding of Yorkshire, which covers 16 per cent of the region.
- There are 31,866 listed buildings (representing 8.5 per cent of the England total), 2,663 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (13.5 per cent of the England total), nearly 400 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), and 163 registered museums, which attract over 500,000 school visits each year.
- The region has around 17 per cent of the UK’s power generation capacity and 30 per cent of the UK coal-fired capacity.
- Around 17 per cent of the region is designated Green-Belt land, compared to the average for England of 13 per cent.
- More than 244,000 people live in an area at risk of flooding.
- In 2006 Yorkshire and Humber was the sixth most expensive region for residential development land. The average house price was £139,967 compared with an average across England and Wales of £192,745.
- The region is the sixth largest region by population, with a population of over five million people. This accounts for 10 per cent of the total population of England. The largest sub-region in terms of population is West Yorkshire with almost 42 per cent of the total regional population, the smallest is North Yorkshire with 15 per cent. The largest local authority district in terms of population is Leeds, which accounts for over 14 per cent of the regional population.
- During the 12 month period to March 2005 just under 92,000 people left Yorkshire and Humber compared with a movement of 97,500 into the region, resulting in a net increase of almost 6,000 people into the region from other areas of the UK.
- The regional gender split is 48.8 per cent male to 51.2 per cent female. Life expectancy at birth for males is 75.8 years and for females 80.4 years.
- In spring 2005 the employment rate for people of working age was almost 74 per cent, which was similar to the UK rate. The proportion of people of working age qualified to GCE A Level / eviqualent or higher in the region was around 46 per cent.
- 31.2 per cent of the workforce are members of a Trade Union (excluding members of the armed forces).
Sources: National Statistics Website
Yorkshire Futures Progress in the Region, 2006