Swinton South

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,290 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,927 of 6,856 in England
  • #421 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #18 of 32 in Rotherham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,227
Median age (est.)42
Density2,813per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van17%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 23%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

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

Swinton South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,927 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 32 in Rotherham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (82) but weak on Health (19). Typical homes here sold for about £180,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 87 sales), 5% below the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,964 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 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 30 · #4,831
Employment 22 · #5,352
Education 24 · #5,201
Health 19 · #5,571
Crime 41 · #4,043
Housing & access 42 · #3,960
Living environment 82 · #1,239

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,00087+9.1%+20.0%
Detached£210,00025-2.8%+17.0%
Semi-detached£165,00045+6.5%+17.9%
Terraced£155,00017+13.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£180,000
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)£34,964±£4,920 · #5,050 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,747
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 344 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,463 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences200
Theft23
Burglary14
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons27
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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