Dodworth

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,999 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,734 of 6,856 in England
  • #321 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #7 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,977
Median age (est.)47
Density1,038per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above27%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 17%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Dodworth sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,734 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Health (21). Typical homes here sold for about £185,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 66 sales), in line with the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #926 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,444 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 60 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 50 · #3,453
Employment 38 · #4,234
Education 46 · #3,665
Health 21 · #5,420
Crime 70 · #2,048
Housing & access 48 · #3,528
Living environment 83 · #1,170

House prices ?

£185,500median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,50066+3.9%+24.1%
Detached£340,00027+10.6%+41.7%
Semi-detached£170,00021+9.7%+25.9%
Terraced£135,00011+3.8%+37.8%
Flat£130,0007-4.8%
This area£185,500
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)£33,444±£4,747 · #5,525 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,374
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 357 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #2,829 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences151
Theft46
Burglary21
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons35
Drugs5
Robbery4
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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