Lower Stannington

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,099 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #395 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #35 of 70 in Sheffield
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,043
Median age (est.)46
Density1,778per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above29%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 29%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 38%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 2%

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

Lower Stannington is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,659 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Employment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 93 sales), 20% above the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,621 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 32 · #4,694
Employment 20 · #5,516
Education 36 · #4,358
Health 27 · #5,030
Crime 42 · #3,953
Housing & access 80 · #1,342
Living environment 54 · #3,158

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +4.0% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00093+4.0%+20.9%
Detached£325,00019+4.6%+16.1%
Semi-detached£265,00045-0.0%+19.0%
Terraced£192,00023+4.9%+34.3%
Flat£123,7506+7.6%
This area£260,000
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)£31,621±£4,550 · #6,048 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,966
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 401 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,256 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft35
Burglary21
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons35
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other15

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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