Barnsley: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£277,348

Semi-detached

£173,448

Terraced

£141,239

Flat or maisonette

£92,791

First-time buyers

£156,711

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  223,221 in 1991 → 251,770 in 2024 (+12.8%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Median weekly pay

  £355 in 2008 → £619 in 2025 (+74.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  69.8% in 2004 → 69.7% in 2023 (−0.1%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.1% in 2001 → 3.2% in 2025 (+3.2%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,876 in 1997 → £21,322 in 2024 (+140.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

30 official indicators are published for Barnsley; 24 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• High-growth businesses · Economy & work5.2% (2024) · 89th highest of 361
• Business births · Economy & work11.4% (2024) · 116th highest of 361
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.2 out of 10 (2022/23) · 154th lowest of 363
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access11 min (2019) · 150th lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Adult obesity · Health & wellbeing35.0% (2024/25) · 272nd lowest of 296
• Obesity in Year 6 · Health & wellbeing25.9% (2024/25) · 259th lowest of 292
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing14.4% (2020 to 2024) · 323rd lowest of 373
• Employment rate · Economy & work69.7% (2023) · 300th highest of 348

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)78.0 years · England 80.0 · 115th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)81.3 years · England 83.8 · 140th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)55.2 years · England 60.9 · 134th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)55.3 years · England 61.3 · 132nd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)392.7 per 100k · England 321.0 · 116th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)12.5% · England 10.4 · 113th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)74.4% · England 64.6 · 149th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.9% · England 68.3 · 86th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)44.2 score · England 46.0 · 105th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)5.5% · England 5.8 · 93rd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)28.2% · England 19.8 · 131st lowest of 153