Hoyland

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,966 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,516 of 6,856 in England
  • #476 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #16 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,911
Median age (est.)45
Density2,113per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 26%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Elementary13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 42% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Hoyland is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,516 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here, about £175,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 91 sales), in line with the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,418 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 98 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 23 · #5,276
Employment 15 · #5,797
Education 15 · #5,811
Health 11 · #6,126
Crime 17 · #5,660
Housing & access 88 · #848
Living environment 74 · #1,808

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,000910.0%+31.6%
Detached£326,25028+14.5%+33.2%
Semi-detached£164,00051-7.6%+31.2%
Terraced£147,50010+18.0%+71.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£175,000
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)£33,418±£4,756 · #5,533 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,497
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 781 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,871 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences292
Theft146
Burglary48
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons89
Drugs28
Robbery8
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 142 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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