Swallownest & Wales

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,241 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,459 of 6,856 in England
  • #202 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #3 of 32 in Rotherham
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,058
Median age (est.)43
Density690per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 43% · 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

Swallownest & Wales is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,459 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 32 in Rotherham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (73) and lowest on Health (36). Typical homes here, about £228,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 79 sales), 20% above the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,508 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 62 · #2,596
Employment 58 · #2,884
Education 57 · #2,973
Health 36 · #4,385
Crime 61 · #2,685
Housing & access 73 · #1,849
Living environment 66 · #2,294

House prices ?

£228,000median (12m) · -6.0% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£228,00079-6.0%+28.5%
Detached£350,00035-1.7%+32.1%
Semi-detached£200,00027+2.7%+22.1%
Terraced£144,62514+20.5%+35.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£228,000
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)£37,508±£5,280 · #4,200 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,581
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 381 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,314 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences171
Theft59
Burglary20
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons42
Drugs11
Robbery5
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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