Dore & Whirlow

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,639 · 6 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #320 of 6,856 in England
  • #27 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #5 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,480
Median age (est.)50
Density736per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above54%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 6%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 39% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Dore & Whirlow is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #320 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #5 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here, about £512,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 118 sales) — roughly 2.4× the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,976 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 97 · #197
Employment 93 · #457
Education 99 · #80
Health 86 · #965
Crime 85 · #1,047
Housing & access 40 · #4,104
Living environment 76 · #1,616

House prices ?

£512,500median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£512,500118+2.5%+28.1%
Detached£640,00059-14.7%+5.3%
Semi-detached£490,00025+4.3%+34.9%
Terraced£265,00017-19.7%+6.5%
Flat£265,00017+20.5%+43.2%
This area£512,500
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)£47,976±£6,895 · #1,451 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,183
Price-to-income ?10.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 310 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #351 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft33
Burglary42
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons29
Drugs13
Robbery4
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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