Maltby East

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,528 · 6 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,435 of 6,856 in England
  • #603 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #27 of 32 in Rotherham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,515
Median age (est.)38
Density539per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above16%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 24%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 15%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure15%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

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 47% · No religion 47% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Maltby East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,435 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 32 in Rotherham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (42) and lowest on Education (2). Typical homes here sold for about £138,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 103 sales), 27% below the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,359 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 102 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 11 · #6,113
Employment 6 · #6,449
Education 2 · #6,682
Health 6 · #6,421
Crime 10 · #6,133
Housing & access 33 · #4,564
Living environment 42 · #3,953

House prices ?

£138,000median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£138,000103-1.4%+17.2%
Detached£292,49820+27.2%+39.3%
Semi-detached£175,00022+2.9%+41.1%
Terraced£100,00057+3.6%+53.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£138,000
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)£31,359±£4,457 · #6,110 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,348
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

102 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 968 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,995 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences449
Theft151
Burglary58
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons82
Drugs28
Robbery11
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 178 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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