Sheffield: local statistics
Sheffield is a metropolitan borough in the Yorkshire and the Humber, home to an estimated 579,517 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 Sheffield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A Band D home in Sheffield pays an average of £2,510.16 in council tax in 2026-27, 5.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd highest in the Yorkshire and the Humber. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,584.87, so it has risen 58%.
In March 2026, 20,695 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Sheffield, 12% more than in 2016. There are 36 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 9th of 15.
The median full-time employee living in Sheffield was paid £733.00 a week before tax in April 2025 (£37,885 a year). That is 3.0% above the figure for the Yorkshire and the Humber and 4th of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber, counting from the highest. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £721.90, £11.10 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £485.10: a change of +51% before inflation.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Sheffield at £219,713 for July 2026, up 2.8% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it 5th of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber, counting from the highest (regional average £209,116). Prices are 51% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 5.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Sheffield. That ratio is the 6th highest ratio of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
In August 2026, 16,735 people in Sheffield were on the claimant count, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the Yorkshire and the Humber was 4.1%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 5.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.0% in February 2023.
Life expectancy at birth in Sheffield is 82.0 years for women and 78.5 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.5 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 less. It is mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 7th of 15.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 71.6% of Sheffield residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.3 points either way, against 73.3% across the Yorkshire and the Humber. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.4% to 75.8%.
579,517 people lived in Sheffield in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of -0.1% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +4.4%, against +5.5% for the Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole. That is mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 8th of 15. The series peaked at 580,235 in mid-2024.
In the year to March 2026, 56,459 offences were recorded by police in Sheffield: 97.4 per 1,000 people, close to the middle of all 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber (8th highest rate). The rate was 101.4 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.8 to 108.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 555,074 |
| 2016 | 556,599 |
| 2017 | 555,675 |
| 2018 | 556,771 |
| 2019 | 556,399 |
| 2020 | 555,036 |
| 2021 | 555,035 |
| 2022 | 565,685 |
| 2023 | 575,225 |
| 2024 | 580,235 |
| 2025 | 579,517 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £145,406 |
| July 2017 | £149,214 |
| July 2018 | £157,520 |
| July 2019 | £160,281 |
| July 2020 | £162,574 |
| July 2021 | £179,912 |
| July 2022 | £199,265 |
| July 2023 | £204,454 |
| July 2024 | £209,945 |
| July 2025 | £213,745 |
| July 2026 | £219,713 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £485.10 a week |
| 2016 | £504.30 a week |
| 2017 | £524.00 a week |
| 2018 | £532.20 a week |
| 2019 | £542.80 a week |
| 2020 | £543.00 a week |
| 2021 | £590.80 a week |
| 2022 | £594.40 a week |
| 2023 | £647.50 a week |
| 2024 | £703.70 a week |
| 2025 | £733.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,584.87 |
| 2017-18 | £1,659.15 |
| 2018-19 | £1,758.80 |
| 2019-20 | £1,830.23 |
| 2020-21 | £1,898.61 |
| 2021-22 | £1,996.04 |
| 2022-23 | £2,058.39 |
| 2023-24 | £2,165.85 |
| 2024-25 | £2,273.25 |
| 2025-26 | £2,388.76 |
| 2026-27 | £2,510.16 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 73.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 86.3 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 99.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 99.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 104.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 89.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 102.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 108.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 104.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 101.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 97.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 68.4% |
| 2016/17 | 69.0% |
| 2017/18 | 70.4% |
| 2018/19 | 74.6% |
| 2019/20 | 73.1% |
| 2020/21 | 69.5% |
| 2021/22 | 75.8% |
| 2022/23 | 71.8% |
| 2023/24 | 72.5% |
| 2024/25 | 74.1% |
| 2025/26 | 71.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 18,560 |
| 2017 | 19,375 |
| 2018 | 19,390 |
| 2019 | 19,630 |
| 2020 | 19,745 |
| 2021 | 19,970 |
| 2022 | 20,510 |
| 2023 | 20,540 |
| 2024 | 20,265 |
| 2025 | 20,205 |
| 2026 | 20,695 |
Questions about Sheffield
How much is Band D council tax in Sheffield?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,510.16 for 2026-27.
What is the average salary in Sheffield?
£733.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the average house price in Sheffield?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £219,713.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Sheffield?
16,735 in August 2026 (4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Sheffield?
82.0 years for women and 78.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Sheffield?
579,517 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Sheffield?
Home Office figures show 56,459 offences in the year to March 2026, or 97.4 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Sheffield
Every body that makes decisions for Sheffield, 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
- Sheffield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Sheffield 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
- 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 weekly earnings growth · UK average house price · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber: Bradford · Doncaster · East Riding of Yorkshire · Kirklees · North Yorkshire · Wakefield
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