Hexthorpe & Balby North

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,438 · 4 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,620 of 6,856 in England
  • #637 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #37 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,294
Median age (est.)38
Density4,805per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above17%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 34%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 29% · Process & plant 15% · Caring & leisure 10%

All occupation groups
Elementary29%
Process & plant15%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 6%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 5%
White 80%Asian 6%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 33% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Hexthorpe & Balby North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,620 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #37 of 39 in Doncaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (76) but weak on Crime (1). Typical homes here, about £110,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 50 sales), 39% below the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £25,943 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 161 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 6 · #6,469
Employment 5 · #6,524
Education 2 · #6,689
Health 8 · #6,332
Crime 1 · #6,812
Housing & access 76 · #1,636
Living environment 6 · #6,414

House prices ?

£110,250median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£110,25050-1.6%+31.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£136,00016+0.7%+29.5%
Terraced£95,00031-3.1%+21.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£110,250
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)£25,943±£3,792 · #6,802 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,695
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

161 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,038 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,991 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences457
Theft98
Burglary93
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson110
Public order & weapons100
Drugs64
Robbery21
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 218 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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