Stocksbridge

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,665 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,029 of 6,856 in England
  • #342 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #31 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,685
Median age (est.)46
Density1,343per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 15%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Stocksbridge is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,029 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 70 in Sheffield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Health (28). Typical homes here, about £187,300 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 100 sales), 14% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,225 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,771 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,837
Employment 32 · #4,680
Education 49 · #3,501
Health 28 · #4,913
Crime 43 · #3,878
Housing & access 40 · #4,091
Living environment 64 · #2,493

House prices ?

£187,300median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£187,300100+2.6%+29.2%
Detached£250,00020-13.8%+22.0%
Semi-detached£187,50044+0.4%+21.4%
Terraced£149,97530+1.3%+28.2%
Flat£155,0006-19.5%
This area£187,300
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)£34,771±£4,878 · #5,104 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,653
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 580 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,866 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences260
Theft62
Burglary42
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons68
Drugs8
Robbery7
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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