Doncaster: local statistics
Doncaster is a metropolitan borough in the Yorkshire and the Humber, home to an estimated 323,016 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Doncaster, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Doncaster is £2,167.75, 2.7% more than in 2025-26. It is the lowest in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,436.44.
A typical home in Doncaster cost £172,305 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 4.7% in twelve months. That is the 3rd lowest in the Yorkshire and the Humber (regional average £209,116). This July figure is the highest in the series, 50% up on July 2016. The average price is 4.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Doncaster. That ratio is the 12th highest ratio of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
In the year to March 2026, 37,494 offences were recorded by police in Doncaster: 116.1 per 1,000 people, the 3rd highest rate of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. That compares with 120.5 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 86.2 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Doncaster had an estimated 323,016 residents in mid-2025, up 0.9% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 6.1%, against +5.5% for the Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole, 5th of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
A girl born in Doncaster in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.3 years and a boy 76.9 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.5 less. It is the 11th highest for women of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
The median full-time employee living in Doncaster was paid £697.10 a week before tax in April 2025, or £34,967 over a year. It is the 10th highest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber, and 2.0% less than across the Yorkshire and the Humber. For full-time jobs located in Doncaster the median is £670.80 a week (−£26.30 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £467.00, so it has risen 49% before inflation.
An estimated 75.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Doncaster were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 3.9 points either way; the figure for the Yorkshire and the Humber was 73.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 69.7% and its highest 75.8%.
The claimant count for Doncaster stood at 8,380 in August 2026, or 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the Yorkshire and the Humber was 4.1%. That compares with 4.1% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 6.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.0% in December 2025.
12,130 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Doncaster in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. That is 38 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 8th of 15.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 304,311 |
| 2016 | 306,137 |
| 2017 | 307,058 |
| 2018 | 308,237 |
| 2019 | 308,438 |
| 2020 | 308,185 |
| 2021 | 308,697 |
| 2022 | 311,700 |
| 2023 | 315,698 |
| 2024 | 320,248 |
| 2025 | 323,016 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £114,582 |
| July 2017 | £115,526 |
| July 2018 | £116,705 |
| July 2019 | £120,148 |
| July 2020 | £126,079 |
| July 2021 | £141,301 |
| July 2022 | £155,481 |
| July 2023 | £154,705 |
| July 2024 | £159,427 |
| July 2025 | £164,497 |
| July 2026 | £172,305 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £467.00 a week |
| 2016 | £479.10 a week |
| 2017 | £480.00 a week |
| 2018 | £520.90 a week |
| 2019 | £525.90 a week |
| 2020 | £553.90 a week |
| 2021 | £568.80 a week |
| 2022 | £594.30 a week |
| 2023 | £627.30 a week |
| 2024 | £669.20 a week |
| 2025 | £697.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,436.44 |
| 2017-18 | £1,490.43 |
| 2018-19 | £1,555.67 |
| 2019-20 | £1,647.04 |
| 2020-21 | £1,707.18 |
| 2021-22 | £1,765.42 |
| 2022-23 | £1,842.12 |
| 2023-24 | £1,925.95 |
| 2024-25 | £2,024.11 |
| 2025-26 | £2,110.50 |
| 2026-27 | £2,167.75 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 86.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 103.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 120.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 126.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 124.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 112.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 127.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 138.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 129.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 120.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 116.1 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 71.9% |
| 2016/17 | 71.6% |
| 2017/18 | 72.7% |
| 2018/19 | 73.1% |
| 2019/20 | 72.0% |
| 2020/21 | 71.4% |
| 2021/22 | 69.7% |
| 2022/23 | 73.4% |
| 2023/24 | 75.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72.8% |
| 2025/26 | 75.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 11,315 |
| 2017 | 11,565 |
| 2018 | 10,805 |
| 2019 | 11,040 |
| 2020 | 11,365 |
| 2021 | 11,645 |
| 2022 | 11,860 |
| 2023 | 12,080 |
| 2024 | 11,860 |
| 2025 | 11,980 |
| 2026 | 12,130 |
Questions about Doncaster
How much is Band D council tax in Doncaster?
£2,167.75 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Doncaster?
£172,305 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+4.7% on a year).
What is the crime rate in Doncaster?
116.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Doncaster?
323,016 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Doncaster?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 76.9 years for men and 81.3 for women.
What is the average salary in Doncaster?
£697.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Doncaster?
The ONS claimant count was 8,380 in August 2026, 4.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Doncaster
Every body that makes decisions for Doncaster, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Doncaster council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Doncaster in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Doncaster Central: Sally Jameson (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme: Lee Pitcher (Labour) MP
- Doncaster North: Ed Miliband (Labour) MP
- Rawmarsh and Conisbrough: John Healey (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK figures: UK average house price · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population
- Other council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber: Barnsley · Calderdale · East Riding of Yorkshire · Kingston upon Hull, City of · Rotherham · Wakefield
Related questions
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