Edenthorpe & Mere Lane

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,236 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,932 of 6,856 in England
  • #248 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #11 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,255
Median age (est.)45
Density1,502per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Edenthorpe & Mere Lane is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,932 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 39 in Doncaster. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (87) and lowest on Health (39). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 85 sales), 11% above the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #444 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,788 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 56 · #2,994
Employment 49 · #3,501
Education 47 · #3,618
Health 39 · #4,159
Crime 42 · #3,974
Housing & access 63 · #2,548
Living environment 87 · #876

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00085+2.6%+22.7%
Detached£258,75034+6.9%+4.5%
Semi-detached£180,00041-1.1%+24.1%
Terraced£147,50010+8.7%+22.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£200,000
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)£36,788±£5,158 · #4,431 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,478
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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 438 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,544 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft76
Burglary28
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons40
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 96 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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