Silkstone, Hoylandswaine & Cawthorne

Barnsley · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,164 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #841 of 6,856 in England
  • #69 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #1 of 30 in Barnsley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,093
Median age (est.)53
Density171per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 15%45–64 34%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

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 60% · No religion 33% · 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

Silkstone, Hoylandswaine & Cawthorne is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #841 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 30 in Barnsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (95) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here, about £370,370 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 112 sales) — roughly 2.1× the wider Barnsley median of £180,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,165 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 91 · #636
Employment 90 · #670
Education 95 · #334
Health 56 · #3,007
Crime 92 · #581
Housing & access 28 · #4,927
Living environment 64 · #2,459

House prices ?

£370,370median (12m) · +5.8% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,370112+5.8%+27.7%
Detached£470,00068+18.4%+28.5%
Semi-detached£250,00019-5.8%+20.8%
Terraced£224,99816+12.5%+60.7%
Flat£168,0009+10.2%
This area£370,370
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)£42,165±£6,002 · #2,797 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,879
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 242 offences
Barnsley92
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,195 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences98
Theft29
Burglary28
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons25
Drugs4
Robbery5
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 60 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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