Rossington

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,020 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,569 of 6,856 in England
  • #213 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #8 of 39 in Doncaster
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,008
Median age (est.)47
Density805per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van14%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 4%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 38% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Rossington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,569 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 39 in Doncaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Health (41). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 95 sales), 6% above the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #212 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,566 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 61 · #2,651
Employment 52 · #3,288
Education 52 · #3,254
Health 41 · #4,063
Crime 52 · #3,268
Housing & access 45 · #3,796
Living environment 99 · #94

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00095+5.6%+18.8%
Detached£255,00041-2.8%+27.5%
Semi-detached£165,00049+5.1%+22.7%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£190,000
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)£37,566±£5,307 · #4,182 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,185
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,465 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences130
Theft31
Burglary9
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons19
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 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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