Laughton & Throapham

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,562 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,001 of 6,856 in England
  • #339 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #11 of 32 in Rotherham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,499
Median age (est.)44
Density223per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 0%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 0%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 43% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Laughton & Throapham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 32 in Rotherham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (57) and lowest on Health (24). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 111 sales), 5% above the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,346 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,776 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 67 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 48 · #3,590
Employment 38 · #4,221
Education 36 · #4,420
Health 24 · #5,208
Crime 46 · #3,700
Housing & access 46 · #3,672
Living environment 57 · #2,918

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,0001110.0%+21.2%
Detached£312,00045-1.0%+35.7%
Semi-detached£185,00038+5.1%+34.1%
Terraced£140,00023-8.2%0.0%
Flat£90,0005-14.3%
This area£200,000
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)£36,776±£5,144 · #4,437 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,887
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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 509 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,356 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences200
Theft49
Burglary39
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons39
Drugs17
Robbery7
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 149 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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