Electoral wardE05016570
Darfield & Great Houghton ward, Barnsley
Darfield & Great Houghton is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,011 residents in 6,127 households — 554 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,011council ward average 11,646
Households6,1272.29 residents per household
Density554/ km²about 25.27 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+20.6%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 759
5–96.0% · 845
10–157.0% · 977
16–193.9% · 546
20–245.1% · 714
25–3413.8% · 1,927
35–4917.3% · 2,419
50–6421.0% · 2,945
65–7411.7% · 1,634
75–846.6% · 928
85+2.3% · 318
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.7% · 1,265
1 car or van43.2% · 2,642
2 cars or vans26.9% · 1,647
3 or more9.3% · 567
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright34.7% · 2,127
With mortgage27.5% · 1,686
Shared ownership0.5% · 29
Social rented16.8% · 1,032
Private rented20.3% · 1,243
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house23.8% · 1,456
Semi-detached house45.1% · 2,767
Terraced house26.1% · 1,598
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 215
Converted house0.6% · 37
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016570- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BillingleyGreat HoughtonLittle Houghton
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.