Sheffield getting richer

The constituency was today named once again as the richest area in the whole of the region, and one of the 20 richest in the whole country.

According to research carried out by Barclays Premier Banking - the personal banking service for affluent customers - total incomes have risen by six per cent in Hallam over the last year and 30 per cent over the last five years.

The average income for a household in Hallam is now 56,400 on average - more than 5,000 ahead of the next richest area of Yorkshire, Leeds North East.

Hallam is also one of the country's top 20 wealthiest places with 4.6 per cent of residents now earning more than 100,000 a year.

Sheffield Heeley, Attercliffe, the Don Valley and Rotherham have all seen incomes increase by five per cent over the last year, but all remain well behind Hallam in terms of total income.

Sheffield Central saw the biggest rise in incomes over five years but, despite a 35 per cent increase, people living in Central have a total household income of 27,450 - around half that of the residents of Hallam.

The two per cent by which their household incomes increased over the last year was half the Yorkshire average, according to Barclays' figures.

Sheffield Hillsborough, Barnsley and Doncaster also had below-average increases in household income.

Hillsborough emerges as the next richest place in South Yorkshire, after Hallam, with an average household income of 37,475, followed by the Don Valley at 35,900, and Rother Valley at 33,300.

Household incomes in Brightside were the lowest in South Yorkshire at 24,500 - 2,900 below second-from-the-bottom Barnsley Central.