Retford South

Bassetlaw · East Midlands · population 8,931 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,070 of 6,856 in England
  • #354 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #8 of 14 in Bassetlaw
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,795
Median age (est.)41
Density1,599per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 18%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 35%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

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 South is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,070 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 14 in Bassetlaw. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (72) and lowest on Education (27). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 112 sales), 18% below the wider Bassetlaw median of £208,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,106 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,013 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,111
Employment 34 · #4,488
Education 27 · #5,009
Health 38 · #4,255
Crime 39 · #4,207
Housing & access 72 · #1,924
Living environment 59 · #2,836

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,000112+3.0%+9.7%
Detached£270,00026-6.9%+16.1%
Semi-detached£182,47536+11.6%+23.7%
Terraced£132,50042-7.0%+13.7%
Flat£102,5008+7.9%
This area£170,000
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)£37,013±£5,304 · #4,358 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,825
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 710 offences
Bassetlaw85
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,059 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences318
Theft156
Burglary24
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons44
Drugs9
Robbery7
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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