Retford East

Bassetlaw · East Midlands · population 9,048 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,221 of 6,856 in England
  • #373 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 14 in Bassetlaw
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,821
Median age (est.)46
Density932per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above26%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 16%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Retford East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,221 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Bassetlaw. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (83) but weak on Education (22). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 142 sales), in line with the wider Bassetlaw median of £208,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,628 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,817 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 40 · #4,118
Employment 28 · #4,927
Education 22 · #5,324
Health 38 · #4,248
Crime 47 · #3,611
Housing & access 83 · #1,184
Living environment 55 · #3,076

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · -16.7% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,000142-16.7%+6.7%
Detached£322,50046-9.2%+25.2%
Semi-detached£184,00055-1.1%+18.7%
Terraced£141,00031+17.5%+28.5%
Flat£100,12510-11.0%
This area£200,000
Bassetlaw£208,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,817±£5,346 · #4,424 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,674
Price-to-income ?5.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 586 offences
Bassetlaw85
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,202 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences270
Theft121
Burglary16
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons40
Drugs18
Robbery5
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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