Clifton South

Nottingham · East Midlands · population 6,483 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,633 of 6,856 in England
  • #482 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #18 of 37 in Nottingham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,376
Median age (est.)37
Density4,974per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 25%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 17%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 17%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Clifton South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,633 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 37 in Nottingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (72) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here, about £197,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 49 sales), in line with the wider Nottingham median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,042 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,729
Employment 15 · #5,845
Education 11 · #6,078
Health 11 · #6,085
Crime 23 · #5,297
Housing & access 72 · #1,952
Living environment 64 · #2,480

House prices ?

£197,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£197,00049+3.7%+36.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£196,00015+3.2%+30.7%
Terraced£197,50033+3.9%+41.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£197,000
Nottingham£200,000
East Midlands£250,000
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)£31,042±£4,668 · #6,183 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,632
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 557 offences
Nottingham130
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,369 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft72
Burglary12
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson77
Public order & weapons60
Drugs15
Robbery10
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 112 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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