Sheffield Central

Parliamentary Constituency

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous constituency:

Sheffield Central

Covered approximately 80% of this new constituency’s population, and 63% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 11.1% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 35.0% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 20.4% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 14.5% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 10.3% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 8.8% 19.1%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.4% 1.1%
Construction 1.5% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 9.1% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 6.6% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.9% 3.5%
Does not apply 57.3% 53.4%
Other 2.1% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 17.2% 14.3%
Transport and communication 4.0% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 3.1% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 6.2% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 3.3% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 4.7% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 3.4% 6.0%
Does not apply 57.3% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 1.7% 3.2%
Professional occupations 13.6% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 4.4% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 2.4% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

16.6%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 17.1% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 4.3% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 5.8% 1.8%
Other White 7.2% 6.3%
White British 59.7% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.1% 5.3%
Fair health 10.4% 12.8%
Very good or good health 85.5% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

38%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

29%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

26%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

43%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 1.0% 0.3%
Asian languages 8.3% 3.0%
English or Welsh 81.4% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 4.0% 3.8%
Does not apply 2.4% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 2.5% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.2% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 1.0% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 2.9% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 11.9% 21.3%
On foot 7.1% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 15.9% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 0.8% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.1% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 57.3% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.4% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.2% 1.8%
Taxi 0.7% 0.3%
Train 0.7% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

33%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

47%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0

Poorly insulated households

42.8%

54.1% national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 55.1% 37.2%
Neither 13.1% 12.5%
Undermined 31.8% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 50.0% 34.1%
Neither 11.1% 11.5%
Reduced 39.0% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 55.7% 44.3%
Neither 4.8% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 39.4% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 66.1% 52.5%
Neither 6.3% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 27.6% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 18.9% 21.1%
Oppose 11.1% 17.8%
Support 70.0% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Green Party

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 71% 72.6%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 32% 33.8%
Partly agree 40% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 21% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 67% 58.9%
Net disagree 11% 17.6%
Strongly agree 28% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 39% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 22% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 7% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 4% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 63% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 37% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

23

26.2 national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

32%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

84%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

47%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Labour Party

This area National average
Labour 34% 22.5%
Conservative 9% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 11% 14.7%
Reform 14% 28.2%
Green 31% 8.1%
Other 1% 4.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

2

1.8 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

6

2.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

6

1.9 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

1

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Number of Women’s Institute groups