Kingston upon Hull: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£244,305

Semi-detached

£159,295

Terraced

£125,272

Flat or maisonette

£78,654

First-time buyers

£127,859

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  263,331 in 1991 → 275,401 in 2024 (+4.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £75,120 in 2005 → £135,511 in 2026 (+80.4%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £333 in 2008 → £566 in 2025 (+69.7%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  68.6% in 2004 → 73.2% in 2023 (+6.7%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  5.7% in 2001 → 5.6% in 2025 (−1.8%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £7,361 in 1997 → £17,731 in 2024 (+140.9%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Kingston upon Hull; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access99.6% (January 2026) · 1st highest of 361
• 4G coverage · Connectivity & access100.0% (January 2026) · 6th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing4.5× earnings (April 2025) · 9th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work13.8% (2024) · 22nd highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£17,731 (2024) · 356th highest of 361
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing18.5% (2020 to 2024) · 369th lowest of 373
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing50.9 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 290th lowest of 292
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work13.5% (2024) · 291st lowest of 296

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)75.7 years · England 80.0 · 149th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)80.9 years · England 83.8 · 147th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)53.1 years · England 60.9 · 148th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)53.3 years · England 61.3 · 148th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)494.3 per 100k · England 321.0 · 150th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)18.4% · England 10.4 · 146th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)69.6% · England 64.6 · 120th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)65.3% · England 68.3 · 120th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)40.4 score · England 46.0 · 149th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)6.4% · England 5.8 · 113th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)33.2% · England 19.8 · 142nd lowest of 153