Electoral wardE05010872
Hillsborough ward, Sheffield
Hillsborough is one of 28 electoral wards of Sheffield City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 19,153 residents in 8,760 households — 3,435 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
Residents, 202119,153council ward average 19,928
Households8,7602.19 residents per household
Density3,435/ km²about 5.58 km² · Sheffield 1,338
Aged 65+17.1%Sheffield: 17.1% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 997
5–95.2% · 1,005
10–156.4% · 1,222
16–193.9% · 747
20–245.7% · 1,084
25–3416.0% · 3,062
35–4920.1% · 3,850
50–6420.5% · 3,921
65–749.0% · 1,720
75–845.9% · 1,138
85+2.1% · 408
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.5% · 2,495
1 car or van46.7% · 4,094
2 cars or vans19.9% · 1,741
3 or more4.9% · 430
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sheffield overall: 58.3% owned, 22.5% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.1% · 2,814
With mortgage31.1% · 2,723
Shared ownership0.1% · 12
Social rented14.5% · 1,267
Private rented22.1% · 1,939
Lives rent free0.0% · 4
Type of home
Detached house6.4% · 562
Semi-detached house31.4% · 2,750
Terraced house44.2% · 3,868
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 1,161
Converted house2.0% · 172
Other conversion1.2% · 106
Above shop / office1.6% · 142
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010872- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 28
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.