Thurcroft

Rotherham · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,607 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,612 of 6,856 in England
  • #489 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #23 of 32 in Rotherham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,487
Median age (est.)40
Density559per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Professional 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Professional14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

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 48% · No religion 46% · 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

Thurcroft is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,612 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 32 in Rotherham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (69) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here sold for about £171,250 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 76 sales), 10% below the wider Rotherham median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,619 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 24 · #5,201
Employment 17 · #5,695
Education 18 · #5,653
Health 10 · #6,133
Crime 15 · #5,845
Housing & access 52 · #3,261
Living environment 69 · #2,109

House prices ?

£171,250median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,25076-4.9%+23.2%
Detached£275,00022+2.8%+31.0%
Semi-detached£160,00037-2.4%+42.9%
Terraced£125,000170.0%+47.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£171,250
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)£35,619±£5,043 · #4,841 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,006
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 684 offences
Rotherham94
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,541 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences361
Theft62
Burglary25
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson85
Public order & weapons52
Drugs24
Robbery6
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 173 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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