Maltby West & Hellaby

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,395 · 6 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,069 of 6,856 in England
  • #266 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #7 of 32 in Rotherham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,296
Median age (est.)48
Density1,540per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 39% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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 West & Hellaby is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,069 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 32 in Rotherham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Health (29). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 117 sales), in line with the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #443 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,818 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 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 64 · #2,445
Employment 48 · #3,528
Education 41 · #4,063
Health 29 · #4,838
Crime 62 · #2,576
Housing & access 47 · #3,652
Living environment 85 · #1,047

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,000117+2.4%+21.8%
Detached£247,35044+5.3%+17.8%
Semi-detached£176,62564+8.4%+32.8%
Terraced£137,5008+5.8%+20.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£190,000
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)£36,818±£5,196 · #4,423 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,419
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 442 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,322 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft47
Burglary21
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons43
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 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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