Electoral wardE05010879
Southey ward, Sheffield
Southey is one of 28 electoral wards of Sheffield City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 20,638 residents in 8,850 households — 4,296 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
Residents, 202120,638council ward average 19,928
Households8,8502.33 residents per household
Density4,296/ km²about 4.80 km² · Sheffield 1,338
Aged 65+16.5%Sheffield: 17.1% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,350
5–97.2% · 1,488
10–158.1% · 1,673
16–194.6% · 941
20–245.6% · 1,164
25–3414.6% · 3,004
35–4918.0% · 3,717
50–6418.9% · 3,902
65–748.6% · 1,783
75–845.5% · 1,144
85+2.3% · 472
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.9% · 2,998
1 car or van42.6% · 3,772
2 cars or vans18.7% · 1,657
3 or more4.8% · 423
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sheffield overall: 58.3% owned, 22.5% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright23.8% · 2,102
With mortgage24.6% · 2,173
Shared ownership0.1% · 10
Social rented40.9% · 3,620
Private rented10.6% · 938
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house6.2% · 550
Semi-detached house54.2% · 4,794
Terraced house27.3% · 2,414
Purpose-built flat11.1% · 979
Converted house0.5% · 43
Other conversion0.2% · 20
Above shop / office0.5% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010879- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 8 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.