Electoral wardE05016567
Athersley & New Lodge ward, Barnsley
Athersley & New Lodge is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,154 residents in 4,724 households — 3,402 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,154council ward average 11,646
Households4,7242.36 residents per household
Density3,402/ km²about 3.28 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+16.0%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 738
5–97.2% · 805
10–158.3% · 922
16–194.6% · 510
20–245.3% · 589
25–3413.9% · 1,551
35–4918.2% · 2,032
50–6419.9% · 2,222
65–749.8% · 1,087
75–844.6% · 518
85+1.6% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.1% · 1,374
1 car or van42.1% · 1,989
2 cars or vans22.2% · 1,048
3 or more6.5% · 308
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright23.7% · 1,119
With mortgage23.9% · 1,129
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented41.6% · 1,967
Private rented9.7% · 458
Lives rent free0.5% · 23
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 375
Semi-detached house76.8% · 3,629
Terraced house9.1% · 430
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 263
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016567- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 21
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.