Southey Green East

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,031 · 5 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,490 of 6,856 in England
  • #615 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #60 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,909
Median age (est.)36
Density5,261per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above17%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 26%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 46%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 46%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 23%Other: 12%
One person 29%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 23%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Caring & leisure 16% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Caring & leisure16%
Sales & customer service12%
Professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative7%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 7%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 80%Asian 7%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 38% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Southey Green East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,490 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #60 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Education (2). Typical homes here, about £142,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 46 sales), 34% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,843 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 116 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 4 · #6,565
Employment 4 · #6,586
Education 2 · #6,702
Health 4 · #6,572
Crime 7 · #6,346
Housing & access 86 · #971
Living environment 80 · #1,396

House prices ?

£142,500median (12m) · +9.6% yr · n=46
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£142,50046+9.6%+34.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£161,00028+15.0%+28.8%
Terraced£132,00013+4.1%+49.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£142,500
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)£30,843±£4,405 · #6,234 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,023
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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

116 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 932 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,366 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences481
Theft41
Burglary46
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson125
Public order & weapons110
Drugs35
Robbery8
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 133 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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