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Population 11,465: a town in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. 16% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Health lags: life expectancy 76.8 for men, 79.9 for women. Safety is weaker too: 43.8 violent and sexual offences and 21.5 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Only 16% of UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have more crime per resident. Homes are affordable (A): the median home sold for £150,000, 3.5 years of area income. The overall grade comes out at C+, #29 of 63 in South Yorkshire. It comes out better than 37% of UK towns. Incomes are on the low side: the mean household earns £39,442 a year.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Conisbrough does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Conisbrough is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Conisbrough’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Conisbrough.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, lower than both South Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). Ages in Conisbrough split evenly at 42.6: half are older, half younger. Over-65s are 20% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Conisbrough | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 19% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Three of its 6 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. GCSE results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: 58% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.2. Conisbrough’s four primaries and one secondary have 1,803 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 363 | C− |
| De Warenne AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 762 | B |
| Castle AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 143 | A− |
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 7.9% of the town, and at the census, nearly a quarter of people here had a disability, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (17%). Asked at the census, 77% of residents of Conisbrough said they were in good or very good health. The nearest A&E to Conisbrough is Doncaster Royal Infirmary, 6.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Conisbrough | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.9% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Social renters account for 16% of households. 17% rent privately, lower than both South Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (21%). The median sale, £150,000, comes from 405 standard sales inside Conisbrough’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £255,000 | 75 |
| Semi-detached | £150,000 | 207 |
| Terraced | £120,000 | 118 |
| Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
934 crimes and 313 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Conisbrough’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 22.1 reports per 1,000, higher than both South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences accounted for half of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conisbrough’s listed buildings include the Church of St Peter, Grade I. It has one scheduled monument. Conservation areas cover 8% of the town’s land, above South Yorkshire’s towns (0%) and England’s towns (7%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
82% of commuters drove, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%). Unemployment benefit claims reached 3.5% of 16 to 64s in 2026. Of the commuters living in Conisbrough, 9% work in the town itself. For every resident in work, Conisbrough has 0.3 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
11 listed buildings in Conisbrough, 2 of them Grade I.
The Red Lion public house: Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Conisbrough Wesleyan Methodist Chapel: Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
10 notable people were born in Conisbrough.
Tony Christie: Wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | — | C+ | A | D | D |
| Denaby Main | 4,310 | 0.9 | C | A | D− | D− |
| Warmsworth | 11,317 | 1.9 | C+ | A | D− | D |
| Mexborough | 15,560 | 2.3 | C | A | D− | D− |
| Barnburgh and Harlington | 1,849 | 3.3 | — | B− | B+ | B− |
| Swinton | 15,911 | 3.4 | C | A | D | C− |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 5,858 | 3.6 | D | A | D− | D− |
| Sprotbrough | 7,546 | 3.7 | A− | B | B | B |
Barnburgh and Harlington has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 84% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £150,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £108,000, terraced houses £120,000, semi-detached houses £150,000 and detached houses £255,000.
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Conisbrough is a built-up area of 11,465 people, in the Doncaster council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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