OATES AVENUE, S62 5DH House Prices & Local Information

S62 5DH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Oates Avenue, 0.3km from Lane Head in Rawmarsh. Administratively it sits within Rawmarsh East ward and the Wentworth and Dearne constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S62 5DH is a transitional terrace area — improving but still facing economic pressures. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 33 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 42% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £67k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 6.2% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for S62 5DH are sourced from Output Area E00039370 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.