Barnsley Town & Park Road

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 12,130 · 7 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,653 of 6,856 in England
  • #496 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #19 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,090
Median age (est.)36
Density3,535per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above26%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 35%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 12%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 39%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 24% · Professional 12% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary24%
Professional12%
Process & plant12%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Barnsley Town & Park Road is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,653 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here, about £125,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 154 sales), 31% below the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,325 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 253 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,057
Employment 23 · #5,290
Education 27 · #5,030
Health 11 · #6,106
Crime 6 · #6,462
Housing & access 97 · #231
Living environment 4 · #6,558

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · +6.4% yr · n=154
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,000154+6.4%+40.4%
Detached£240,0005-23.8%
Semi-detached£181,50020+3.7%+24.3%
Terraced£120,000116+9.1%+41.2%
Flat£86,00013+6.2%+1.7%
This area£125,000
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)£33,325±£4,762 · #5,569 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,459
Price-to-income ?3.8×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

253 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,065 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,296 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,124
Theft765
Burglary108
Vehicle crime96
Criminal damage & arson244
Public order & weapons371
Drugs166
Robbery68
Other123

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 499 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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