Low Ellers
Suburb · 1,408 residents
57Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 85, well above the typical 60
- 95% of homes can get full-fibre broadband
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- Road noise reaches 42% of the area
- Food & drink scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Low Ellers
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Is Low Ellers a good place to live?
Low Ellers scores 57/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (85) and infrastructure (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Low Ellers in Yorkshire and The Humber, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Low Ellers
Low Ellers is terraces and semis packed fairly tightly together, the kind of streetscape where front doors sit close to the pavement and cars line both sides — a settled, working suburb rather than a destination anyone drives out of their way to see. At a median age of nearly 44, this isn't a place dominated by young professionals or students; it reads as families and older couples who've been here a while, in a pocket of Doncaster that's a touch more densely packed than the England average.
The housing picture is straightforward once you see the numbers together: terraced homes dominate the sales here, freehold is the norm, and at a median price around £222,500 you're paying roughly 9% more than the Doncaster average but well under the national median of £281,000 — a For Sale board here is selling affordability within the city rather than a bargain against the country. Prices have been flat rather than rising over the past year, and that stability shows up again in the safety grade, which sits mid-table rather than moving sharply either way. For schooling, Willow Primary and Bessacarr Primary both carry Good Ofsted ratings, which fits the area's overall B+ for schools — solid, not exceptional, and there's no Outstanding-rated option flagged in the immediate area. Public transport is thin — four stops and no named rail station in the data — so this reads as a driving suburb more than a commuter-rail one.