Balby Carr

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,897 · 5 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,571 of 6,856 in England
  • #484 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #24 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,615
Median age (est.)35
Density1,438per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 34%45–64 25%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 16%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Professional 13% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Professional13%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 40% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Balby Carr is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,571 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 39 in Doncaster. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (68) and lowest on Education (14). Typical homes here sold for about £172,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 110 sales), in line with the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,335 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 184 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,468
Employment 21 · #5,427
Education 14 · #5,859
Health 20 · #5,516
Crime 17 · #5,715
Housing & access 68 · #2,157
Living environment 38 · #4,276

House prices ?

£172,000median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,000110+1.2%+15.2%
Detached£269,99824-7.9%+12.5%
Semi-detached£163,00049-2.4%+16.4%
Terraced£130,00034+4.0%-11.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£172,000
Doncaster£180,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
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)£34,335±£4,879 · #5,230 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,855
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

184 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,634 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,120 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences567
Theft452
Burglary77
Vehicle crime154
Criminal damage & arson120
Public order & weapons126
Drugs75
Robbery20
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 216 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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