Brightside & Wincobank

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,513 · 6 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,475 of 6,856 in England
  • #474 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #46 of 70 in Sheffield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,331
Median age (est.)39
Density2,604per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above23%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 17%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 13%Black: 7%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 72%Asian 13%Black 7%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 37% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Brightside & Wincobank is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,475 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #46 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Education (16). Typical homes here, about £150,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 87 sales), 31% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,643 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,379
Employment 18 · #5,653
Education 16 · #5,791
Health 16 · #5,770
Crime 23 · #5,283
Housing & access 89 · #780
Living environment 34 · #4,502

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,00087+1.7%+32.7%
Detached£230,0005+13.3%+73.6%
Semi-detached£159,25044+2.7%+25.9%
Terraced£135,00028-0.2%+42.1%
Flat£98,50010-5.3%+31.3%
This area£150,000
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)£32,643±£4,587 · #5,791 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,607
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 916 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,809 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences381
Theft81
Burglary49
Vehicle crime105
Criminal damage & arson106
Public order & weapons107
Drugs42
Robbery6
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 195 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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