Ecclesfield South

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,432 · 5 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,064 of 6,856 in England
  • #436 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #42 of 70 in Sheffield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,282
Median age (est.)43
Density4,424per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 27%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Ecclesfield South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,064 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (80) but weak on Health (14). Typical homes here, about £203,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 69 sales), 6% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,025 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 28 · #4,947
Employment 20 · #5,468
Education 19 · #5,578
Health 14 · #5,907
Crime 32 · #4,632
Housing & access 72 · #1,924
Living environment 80 · #1,396

House prices ?

£203,000median (12m) · +17.3% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£203,00069+17.3%+47.1%
Detached£280,00013+12.0%+51.4%
Semi-detached£205,00039+5.1%+48.6%
Terraced£169,25014+13.6%+29.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£203,000
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)£31,025±£4,378 · #6,187 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,887
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 518 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,514 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences247
Theft58
Burglary29
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons42
Drugs14
Robbery5
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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