Westfield & Waterthorpe

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,410 · 6 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,564 of 6,856 in England
  • #481 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #47 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,418
Median age (est.)48
Density2,944per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above20%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 30%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 2%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

Westfield & Waterthorpe is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,564 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #47 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 75 sales), 22% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,927 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 114 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 27 · #5,002
Employment 13 · #5,941
Education 13 · #5,976
Health 12 · #6,010
Crime 23 · #5,283
Housing & access 78 · #1,520
Living environment 84 · #1,115

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · -4.2% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00075-4.2%+21.4%
Detached£282,50019+13.0%+25.6%
Semi-detached£182,50022+2.1%+30.4%
Terraced£144,75032-3.5%+27.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£170,000
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)£29,927±£4,253 · #6,414 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,903
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 961 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,320 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences389
Theft203
Burglary40
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson116
Public order & weapons103
Drugs33
Robbery7
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 134 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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