Woodhouse West

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,955 · 4 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,346 of 6,856 in England
  • #595 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #55 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,820
Median age (est.)44
Density2,524per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 40%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 43%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary13%
Professional13%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Woodhouse West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,346 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #55 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Health (3). Typical homes here, about £165,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 46 sales), 24% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £27,792 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 145 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,188
Employment 4 · #6,593
Education 5 · #6,490
Health 3 · #6,620
Crime 4 · #6,593
Housing & access 94 · #409
Living environment 58 · #2,857

House prices ?

£165,000median (12m) · +11.5% yr · n=46
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£165,00046+11.5%+28.7%
Detached£275,9008+10.4%+20.0%
Semi-detached£165,00019-2.9%+31.0%
Terraced£141,25016+0.9%+19.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£165,000
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)£27,792±£4,017 · #6,703 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,374
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

145 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 866 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,864 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences354
Theft180
Burglary35
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons85
Drugs32
Robbery17
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 168 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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