Balby South

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,642 · 6 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,935 of 6,856 in England
  • #530 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #29 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,694
Median age (est.)40
Density4,013per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above19%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 25%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 15%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 15%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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 South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,935 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 39 in Doncaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (76) but weak on Education (6). Typical homes here sold for about £155,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 92 sales), 14% below the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,105 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 18 · #5,612
Employment 12 · #6,024
Education 6 · #6,407
Health 19 · #5,551
Crime 12 · #6,003
Housing & access 76 · #1,616
Living environment 45 · #3,789

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · -8.3% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,00092-8.3%+21.6%
Detached£180,00021-10.0%+4.7%
Semi-detached£155,00046-5.2%+24.0%
Terraced£109,50024+9.5%+17.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£155,000
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)£31,105±£4,374 · #6,165 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,351
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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,063 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,519 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences393
Theft331
Burglary48
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson106
Public order & weapons72
Drugs13
Robbery15
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 118 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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