Bessacarr Bawtry Road

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,155 · 5 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,123 of 6,856 in England
  • #169 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #6 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,091
Median age (est.)46
Density3,131per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above36%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 25%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 9%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 34% · Muslim 4%

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

Bessacarr Bawtry Road is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,123 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 39 in Doncaster. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (89) and lowest on Crime (45). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 125 sales), 33% above the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,339 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 60 · #2,761
Employment 58 · #2,905
Education 60 · #2,720
Health 61 · #2,678
Crime 45 · #3,789
Housing & access 70 · #2,034
Living environment 89 · #773

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,0001250.0%+11.6%
Detached£365,00050+10.6%+25.9%
Semi-detached£225,00055+7.1%+40.7%
Terraced£202,5008+50.0%+102.5%
Flat£120,50012+20.5%+17.6%
This area£240,000
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)£41,339±£5,851 · #3,035 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,224
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 459 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,581 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences146
Theft104
Burglary23
Vehicle crime58
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons53
Drugs10
Robbery9
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 112 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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