East Riding of Yorkshire · England
Skelton population
6,538people · latest estimate
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Skelton has a population of 6,538, making it the 12th largest place in East Riding of Yorkshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 6,538, a rise of 0.0% since.
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: East Riding of Yorkshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Skelton in context
3 km
south-west to Goole, the nearest larger town
49,608
people live within 10 km
#1,635
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,323
food businesses in East Riding of Yorkshire
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Skelton sits in postcode district DN14.
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Population since 2001
East Riding of Yorkshire, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district DN14
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in East Riding of Yorkshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pocklington | 8,337 |
| 2 | Watton | 7,601 |
| 3 | North Ferriby | 7,416 |
| 4 | Market Weighton | 6,429 |
| 5 | Withernsea | 6,159 |
| 6 | Howden | 4,142 |