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Sheffield council area. Every figure carries its own date.
How the population is changing, who lives here and what living standards look like.
Sheffield local authority area. These are council-area figures. They are not a separate history for every ward or the city centre.
A growing number of children, working-age adults or older residents can mean different needs for homes, schools, jobs and care.
Population growth alone does not show whether services are under pressure. Capacity, location and residents’ needs also matter.
These are census snapshots, not annual estimates. Open a year to see both the number of people and their share of the population.
UK Facts aggregation of published Census2021 whole output-area counts using the official OA21-to-WD26-to-LAD26 best-fit lookup. This is an approximate allocation where output areas cross current boundaries, not a reconstruction of individual homes. County membership follows the reviewed current official hierarchy. Native census categories retained; not comparable with older council areas without a separate boundary review.
| Residents’ census answer | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 53,572 | 9.6% |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 25,512 | 4.6% |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 19,727 | 3.5% |
| White | 440,203 | 79.1% |
| Other ethnic group | 17,542 | 3.2% |
Census wording and the available categories can change. The tables retain the categories published for each year; they are not automatically like-for-like trends.
Source and method →A complete, comparable 30-year ethnicity history is not available for every current area. Missing years have not been estimated.
Pay, housing costs, health and opportunities tell different parts of the story. An area average can hide large differences between households.
Above zero means income is above the UK average; below zero means it is below. Each year is compared with the UK average for that same year.
Mixed-source official estimates: administrative records and surveys. Income here is the average money per resident available to spend or save after tax and benefits. It is not typical pay or household wealth. Cash figures do not show how much prices changed.
20.6%
21 March 2021 · Sheffield local authority area
All households
UK Facts calculation: all 1829 Census 2021 output areas assigned to this current authority by the official May 2026 best-fit lookup are summed. Former-authority totals have not been relabelled. Privacy adjustments can make table totals differ slightly.
Source →19.4%
21 March 2021 · Sheffield local authority area
Residents aged 16 and over
UK Facts calculation: all 1829 Census 2021 output areas assigned to this current authority by the official May 2026 best-fit lookup are summed. Former-authority totals have not been relabelled. Privacy adjustments can make table totals differ slightly.
Source →6%
21 March 2021 · Sheffield local authority area
All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised
UK Facts calculation: all 1829 Census 2021 output areas assigned to this current authority by the official May 2026 best-fit lookup are summed. Former-authority totals have not been relabelled. Privacy adjustments can make table totals differ slightly.
Source →£220,000
July 2026 · Sheffield local authority area
Homes in the local authority area
Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.
Source →£931
August 2026 · Sheffield local authority area
Homes in the local authority area
Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.
Source →Deprivation describes several kinds of disadvantage. It is not a measure of household wealth. A change in an area's ranking does not by itself show whether living conditions improved.
See differences between neighbourhoods →Use the age profile alongside school places and care capacity, and look at housing costs alongside pay. Then check whether local plans respond to the needs shown by the evidence.
Read the local action plan →0 of 35 requested annual observations are available for population; missing years are not zero.
0 of 35 requested annual observations are available for people aged 0 to 15; missing years are not zero.
0 of 35 requested annual observations are available for people aged 16 to 64; missing years are not zero.
0 of 35 requested annual observations are available for people aged 65 or over; missing years are not zero.
No counts returned for this exact present-day area code in the 2001 census table. Older boundaries have not been reassigned by name or population share.
No counts returned for this exact present-day area code in the 2011 census table. Older boundaries have not been reassigned by name or population share.
These histories describe the stated whole area. A consistent historical series for its current wards has not been established.
1991 ethnicity has not been reconstructed to this current area. No annual ethnicity values are inferred between census dates.
These local income figures include inflation. No local inflation-adjusted income series has been substituted or inferred from regional prices.
This series describes the stated council or reference area. A comparable 30-year income history for its current wards has not been established.
The reviewed release starts in 1997. Earlier income values have not been invented or joined from another definition.
The current council code is absent from this release. Figures for the former Sheffield/Barnsley boundaries are not substituted for the current area.