Electoral wardE05016568
Central ward, Barnsley
Central is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,079 residents in 4,468 households — 2,961 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,079council ward average 11,646
Households4,4682.03 residents per household
Density2,961/ km²about 3.07 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+18.8%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 485
5–94.3% · 387
10–154.8% · 434
16–193.4% · 305
20–246.4% · 585
25–3417.7% · 1,606
35–4918.9% · 1,722
50–6420.4% · 1,854
65–7410.4% · 948
75–846.3% · 573
85+2.1% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.6% · 1,590
1 car or van42.3% · 1,892
2 cars or vans17.1% · 765
3 or more4.9% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright28.3% · 1,263
With mortgage20.1% · 899
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented17.3% · 773
Private rented33.4% · 1,494
Lives rent free0.5% · 21
Type of home
Detached house10.4% · 465
Semi-detached house25.9% · 1,157
Terraced house39.1% · 1,750
Purpose-built flat20.4% · 914
Converted house2.4% · 109
Other conversion0.6% · 29
Above shop / office0.9% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016568- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.