Goldthorpe

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,399 · 4 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,325 of 6,856 in England
  • #592 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #26 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,168
Median age (est.)38
Density1,284per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above19%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 18%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service12%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Goldthorpe is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,325 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Education (3). Typical homes here, about £150,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 138 sales), 17% below the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,700 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 132 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 14 · #5,859
Employment 6 · #6,421
Education 3 · #6,634
Health 4 · #6,606
Crime 5 · #6,524
Housing & access 79 · #1,458
Living environment 46 · #3,693

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · +20.0% yr · n=138
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,000138+20.0%+41.8%
Detached£245,00029+6.5%+22.5%
Semi-detached£158,75054+2.4%+38.6%
Terraced£67,00053+11.7%-5.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£150,000
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)£32,700±£4,640 · #5,771 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,249
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

132 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 973 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,675 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences380
Theft148
Burglary109
Vehicle crime78
Criminal damage & arson117
Public order & weapons73
Drugs21
Robbery13
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 118 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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