Living in Harrogate

In Harrogate, unemployment is 2% (2025).

Harrogate had a population of 75,515 at the end of 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population75,515people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)2,948EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.ons.gov.uk

Average rent991.8EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate2%country median 3.4% — 41% belowOfficial source · www.nomisweb.co.uk

Recorded crime4,737incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 98% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

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

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 Harrogate.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹³Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	991.8 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price⁹Official · county

Is Harrogate a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–63%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–76%

Student44%strong on education, weak on work · range 34–54%

Family67%strong on family, weak on cost · range 56–78%

Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

Harrogate's employment rate reached 60% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Harrogate recorded 37,800.

What is the unemployment rate in Harrogate?

The unemployment rate is 2 % (2025-2026). Source: www.nomisweb.co.uk¹⁸

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Harrogate is 2.0%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Harrogate 2.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	60 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,948 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.ons.gov.uk¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	2 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2025	www.nomisweb.co.uk¹⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Harrogate?

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

Left over each month€1,438of €2,467 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.	€2,467
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €992
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	€1,438

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Harrogate Salary needed to live in Harrogate

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	36 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	52 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official

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; Harrogate's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Harrogate?

Police recorded about 4,737 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)¹²

Recorded crime across major citiesHarrogate highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,737 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Harrogate's nearest airport was LBA, 16 km away and offered 51 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	51 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	16 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LBA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.2°C in January to 16.7°C in July. Harrogate's monthly precipitation totalled 49.8 mm in January and 55.8 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Harrogate?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.512WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomOf 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.2 · Feb 8 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 13.3 · May 16.4 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21.4 · Aug 21 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 10 · Dec 7.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.2 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 4.2 · May 7.1 · Jun 10 · Jul 12 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 3.6 · Dec 1.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.2 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 8.8 · May 11.8 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 16.7 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.5 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 49.8 · Feb 42.1 · Mar 39.8 · Apr 47.6 · May 43.5 · Jun 57.2 · Jul 55.8 · Aug 64.7 · Sep 52.7 · Oct 61.3 · Nov 60.2 · Dec 59.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Peterborough ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.1 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.2 °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

At the end of 2021, the median age reached 44 years.

How many people live in Harrogate?

The published population was 75,515 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	75,515 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official

International community in Harrogate

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 group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	66,715	88.3%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	4,760	6.3%
Europe: EU countries	4,040	5.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	40.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Workers aged 16 and over	37,800 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median age	44 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Harrogate

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

York as a Harrogate alternative in the same region

30 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 141,685 York vs 75,515 Harrogate+88%
Median gross pay, region: €3,233 York vs €2,948 Harrogateno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,576 (2026) York vs 4,737 (2025) Harrogateno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ York vs 12.0 µg/m³ Harrogate−8%

Full comparison More about York

Chatham as a Harrogate alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 322 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 37 Chatham vs 4,737 Harrogate−99%
Median gross pay, region: €3,409 Chatham vs €2,948 Harrogateno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 14.0 µg/m³ Chatham vs 12.0 µg/m³ Harrogate+17%
Residents: 76,955 Chatham vs 75,515 Harrogate+2%

Full comparison More about Chatham

Cities near Harrogate

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

Leeds 21.6 km away

Salary: 3,679 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

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

All United Kingdom cities

St Albans75,540 residents Woking75,660 residents East Kilbride75,310 residents Shrewsbury76,015 residents Tamworth76,090 residents Burton upon Trent76,255 residents

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Harrogate in rankings

#7 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in United Kingdom

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Harrogate 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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Harrogate?

The published population was 75,515 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Harrogate?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Harrogate?

What is the unemployment rate in Harrogate?

The unemployment rate is 2 % (2025-2026). Source: www.nomisweb.co.uk.

What is the typical salary around Harrogate?

The median gross salary is 2,948 EUR/month. Source: www.ons.gov.uk.

Is Harrogate a good place to live?

Harrogate 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 Harrogate?

Otley, Chapel Allerton, Horsforth, Leeds, Holbeck are near Harrogate. 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 Harrogate?

The official country of birth distribution records 66,715 people (88.3%) 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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  title = {Harrogate, United Kingdom: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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