Ingbirchworth, Dunford Bridge & Thurgoland

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,522 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,473 of 6,856 in England
  • #205 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #4 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,491
Median age (est.)50
Density57per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 33%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 37% · 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

Ingbirchworth, Dunford Bridge & Thurgoland is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,473 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (85) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 87 sales) — roughly 1.9× the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,185 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,595
Employment 72 · #1,911
Education 85 · #1,054
Health 48 · #3,583
Crime 70 · #2,061
Housing & access 14 · #5,887
Living environment 32 · #4,659

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · -10.3% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,00087-10.3%+10.7%
Detached£404,99844-13.7%-0.0%
Semi-detached£297,99824+33.0%+19.6%
Terraced£251,50016+27.7%+35.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£335,000
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)£39,185±£5,572 · #3,663 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,164
Price-to-income ?8.5×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 275 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,436 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft29
Burglary36
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons21
Drugs9
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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