Herringthorpe

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,728 · 6 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,372 of 6,856 in England
  • #369 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #14 of 32 in Rotherham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,646
Median age (est.)44
Density2,254per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Elementary9%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 35% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Herringthorpe is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,372 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 32 in Rotherham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Health (25). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 106 sales), 26% above the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,531 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 37 · #4,317
Employment 30 · #4,776
Education 33 · #4,584
Health 25 · #5,146
Crime 46 · #3,693
Housing & access 88 · #834
Living environment 72 · #1,952

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000106+5.0%+29.7%
Detached£399,99525+8.1%+48.1%
Semi-detached£230,00074+9.5%+27.8%
Terraced£152,0005
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£240,000
Rotherham£190,000
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)£35,531±£4,983 · #4,869 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,364
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 604 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,003 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft98
Burglary36
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons56
Drugs20
Robbery4
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 119 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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