Wheatley Hills

Doncaster · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,479 · 6 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,379 of 6,856 in England
  • #464 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #20 of 39 in Doncaster
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,212
Median age (est.)39
Density1,910per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above22%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 23%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Process & plant 12% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Process & plant12%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 37% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Wheatley Hills is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,379 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 39 in Doncaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (83) but weak on Crime (14). Typical homes here, about £183,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 115 sales), in line with the wider Doncaster median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,985 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 122 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 19 · #5,537
Education 16 · #5,722
Health 23 · #5,297
Crime 14 · #5,880
Housing & access 83 · #1,136
Living environment 63 · #2,514

House prices ?

£183,000median (12m) · -1.1% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£183,000115-1.1%+28.9%
Detached£252,50029-9.8%+9.8%
Semi-detached£175,000790.0%+40.0%
Terraced£130,0006-2.3%+8.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£183,000
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)£33,985±£4,984 · #5,343 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,756
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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

122 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,276 offences
Doncaster115
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,496 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences446
Theft357
Burglary59
Vehicle crime124
Criminal damage & arson125
Public order & weapons73
Drugs33
Robbery27
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 182 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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