Ardsley & Stairfoot

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,847 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,454 of 6,856 in England
  • #380 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #11 of 30 in Barnsley
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,770
Median age (est.)43
Density1,264per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 12% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant12%
Professional11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Ardsley & Stairfoot is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,454 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Health (18). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 94 sales), 22% below the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,363 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,846 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 103 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 43 · #3,878
Employment 33 · #4,570
Education 32 · #4,666
Health 18 · #5,599
Crime 27 · #5,016
Housing & access 88 · #807
Living environment 37 · #4,317

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,000940.0%-1.8%
Detached£250,0009+11.1%+9.9%
Semi-detached£178,50028+1.1%+32.2%
Terraced£130,00041+13.0%+62.5%
Flat£85,25016+6.6%+6.6%
This area£140,000
Barnsley£180,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£34,846±£4,924 · #5,083 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,696
Price-to-income ?4.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

103 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 705 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,023 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences283
Theft132
Burglary33
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons76
Drugs23
Robbery12
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 221 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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