Edlington

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,816 · 5 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,928 of 6,856 in England
  • #528 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #28 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,783
Median age (est.)39
Density1,037per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above17%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 23%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant15%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Edlington is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,928 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 39 in Doncaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (72) but weak on Crime (7). Typical homes here, about £140,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 59 sales), 22% below the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,777 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 126 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 · #5,647
Employment 14 · #5,880
Education 9 · #6,236
Health 12 · #6,065
Crime 7 · #6,401
Housing & access 35 · #4,440
Living environment 72 · #1,911

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00059+8.1%+25.0%
Detached£202,5008+23.5%+23.5%
Semi-detached£139,50036+7.3%+21.3%
Terraced£107,50014+27.2%+3.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£140,000
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)£32,777±£4,717 · #5,743 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,338
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 985 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,584 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences386
Theft184
Burglary42
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson108
Public order & weapons107
Drugs48
Robbery10
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 120 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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