Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:35 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:18 am – 3:46 pm
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People10,034 residentsin the Belle Vue & Town Fields census areaMedian age 39.34,669 households51% of homes owner-occupied27% owned outright6% social rented, 43% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 5,143 in work, 17% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 24%, health and social work 13%, transport and storage 11%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 57% go by car, 10% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages28% of adults hold a degree or higher24% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 78%6% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C613 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August35 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksRiver Cheswoldriver · under a mileFlood Drainriver · 1.4 miMile Thorn Bightwater · under a mileThe Hillhill · 1.6 miHexthorpe Reachwater · 1.5 miBlack Pondpond · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesElmfield Parkpark · under a mile · 9 haRegents Parkpark · under a mileTown Fieldsports ground · under a mile · 37 haWestfield Parkpark · under a mile · 5 haTown Moor Golf Coursegolf course · 1.2 mi · 44 haCarr House Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes161 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200834 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202643 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 14 · PM2.5 7.7 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,487 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation17 m56 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 4 to 24 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalPark Hill Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryDoncaster Project 3 H&W Service33 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyWeldricks Pharmacy23 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistGrange Villaright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi35 schools22 primary, 5 secondary, 1 independent, 5 special, 2 otherSecondaryHall Cross Academyages 11-18, 2,039 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryDoncaster UTCages 13-19, 770 pupilsunder a milePrimaryTown Field Primary Schoolages 3-11, 464 pupilsunder a mileCollegeDN Colleges Groupunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY32 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA32 miRailway stationDoncasterunder a mileBus stationTrafford Way/X3Doncaster Town Centreunder a mileBus stops123 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN2 postcode district.
