Birley

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,318 · 7 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,091 of 6,856 in England
  • #440 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #43 of 70 in Sheffield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,129
Median age (est.)41
Density3,062per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above18%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 26%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 42% · 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

Birley is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,091 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #43 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Education (13). Typical homes here, about £171,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 101 sales), 21% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,818 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 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 30 · #4,810
Employment 25 · #5,160
Education 13 · #5,941
Health 22 · #5,331
Crime 20 · #5,455
Housing & access 77 · #1,575
Living environment 78 · #1,506

House prices ?

£171,000median (12m) · +3.6% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,000101+3.6%+26.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£172,00085+1.9%+27.4%
Terraced£171,0009+10.3%+45.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£171,000
Sheffield£217,000
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)£32,818±£4,645 · #5,734 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,258
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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 998 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,461 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences377
Theft214
Burglary53
Vehicle crime89
Criminal damage & arson107
Public order & weapons97
Drugs33
Robbery6
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 252 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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