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In Brough, unemployment is 5.2% (2025).

Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire) is a city in the United Kingdom. The city covered 6.4 km² in December 2022. Population density was 2,079.2 people per km² in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 39.7%. Owner occupation accounted for 79.4% of homes in March 2021. The employment rate was 65.7% in March 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 5.99 µg/m³ in 2025. In March 2021, Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire) had a population of 13,320.

Last checked 2026-09-2434 sources

Population13,320people21 Mar 2021Official source · Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.
Median gross salary (region)3,095EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.ons.gov.uk
Average rent845.7EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price
Unemployment rate5.2%country median 3.4% — 53% aboveOfficial source · www.nomisweb.co.uk
Recorded crime5,140incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)
PM2.5, annual mean5.99µg/m³country median 6.5 — 8% belowOfficial source · official estimated total annual mean background concentration

Higher unemployment than 88% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and cleaner air than 75% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Brough?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Brough.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Brough. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Brough recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24
Mobile plan, 10 GB€13
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited24.02 EUR/month30 Sept 2026BT Full Fibre 1502Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB12.87 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Three 100GB one-month data pack19Official · national market
Dwellings5,535 count21 Mar 2021ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)845.7 EUR/month31 Aug 2026ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price15Official · county

Is Brough a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–65%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–71%
Student42%strong on education, weak on work · range 32–52%
Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–70%
Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Brough?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2025-2026). Source: www.nomisweb.co.uk24

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Brough is 5.2%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability39.68 %Not statedwww.ofcom.org.uk34Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Employment rate65.71 %21 Mar 2021ONS Census 2021 towns and cities dataset Figure 9 individual BUA employment row for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley14Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Superfast broadband availability99.09 %Not statedwww.ofcom.org.uk34Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Median gross salary (regional)3,095 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.ons.gov.uk25Official
Unemployment rate5.2 %country median 3.4%31 Dec 2025www.nomisweb.co.uk24Official

What does a salary buy in Brough?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,095 (ons.gov.uk, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,692of €2,575 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€2,575
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31− €846
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€1,692
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Brough Salary needed to live in Brough

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brough. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brough. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools5 count7 Jul 2026DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract5Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Primary schools9 count3 Aug 2026Department for Education (GIAS)4Official
Schools9 count3 Aug 2026Department for Education (GIAS)4Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Brough's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
GP practices1 count7 Jul 2026NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates8Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Brough under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Brough?

Police recorded about 5,140 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)18

Recorded crime across major citiesBrough highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Brough highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267
Bristol13,099
Liverpool12,409
Leeds11,462
Birmingham11,416
Leicester11,001
Sheffield9,693
Cardiff9,379
Belfast9,156
Coventry8,836
Glasgow757
Edinburgh549
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,140 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)18Official · county
Violent crime per 100,000 residents1,884 per 100,000Apr 2026data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary3Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Burglary per 100,000 residents82.58 per 100,00030 Apr 2026data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary3Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport4 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights16Official
Distance to the nearest major airport22 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)HUY3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 7.24 µg/m³ in 2025. Annual PM10 was 12 µg/m³ in 2025.

Is the air quality good in Brough?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.99 µg/m³ · official estimated total annual mean background concentration13
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Brough is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean7.24 µg/m³country median 7.2 — about the same2025official estimated total annual mean background concentration11Official
PM10 — annual mean12.04 µg/m³country median 11.32025official estimated total annual mean background concentration12Official
PM2.5 — annual mean5.99 µg/m³country median 6.52025official estimated total annual mean background concentration13Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 7.2 · Feb 8.1 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 13 · May 15.8 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 18.3 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 10.2 · Dec 7.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.6 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 2.8 · Apr 4.2 · May 6.8 · Jun 9.7 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 10 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 4.4 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 8.6 · May 11.3 · Jun 14.2 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 4.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 53.1 · Feb 49.5 · Mar 42.9 · Apr 45.3 · May 44.4 · Jun 64.3 · Jul 54.7 · Aug 61.5 · Sep 58.2 · Oct 64.7 · Nov 64.7 · Dec 57.7 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: York ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.0 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.1 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Brough?

The published population was 13,320 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area6.41 km²Dec 2022ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
City area6.41 km²Dec 2022Exact 2022 Built Up Area polygon area for BUA22CD in EPSG:27700, converted from square metres to km2.6Official
Foreign residents790 people21 Mar 2021Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts.7Official
GP practices per 10,000 residents0.751 per 10,000 people7 Jul 2026NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates8Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Schools per 10,000 residents3.75 per 10,000 people7 Jul 2026DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract5Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Population density2,079 people/km²21 Mar 2021www.ons.gov.uk7Official · built-up-area figure
Population13,320 people21 Mar 2021Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.7Official

International community in Brough

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Europe: United Kingdom12,53094.1%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)4503.4%
Europe: EU countries3402.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Owner-occupied homes79.4 %21 Mar 2021ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents born abroad5.9 %21 Mar 2021ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher39.8 %31 Dec 2021Office for National Statistics9Official
Workers aged 16 and over7,015 workers31 Dec 2021Office for National Statistics9Official
Median age43 years21 Mar 2021ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Office for Students10Official

Alternatives for people set on Brough

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Brough from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Brough

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Brough, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities
Northallerton13,310 residentsUpminster13,347 residentsChelmsley Wood13,276 residentsChaddesden13,370 residentsHeckmondwike13,370 residentsFerndown13,265 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Brough?

The published population was 13,320 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales..

Is the air quality good in Brough?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: official estimated total annual mean background concentration.

How safe is Brough?

Police recorded about 5,140 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3).

What is the unemployment rate in Brough?

The unemployment rate is 5.2 % (2025-2026). Source: www.nomisweb.co.uk.

What is the typical salary around Brough?

The median gross salary is 3,095 EUR/month. Source: www.ons.gov.uk.

How many foreign residents live in Brough?

790 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts..

Is Brough a good place to live?

Brough may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Brough?

North Ferriby, Scalby, Beverley, Kingston upon Hull, Scunthorpe are near Brough. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Brough?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,530 people (94.1%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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