Electoral wardE05016572
Darton West ward, Barnsley
Darton West is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 10,053 residents in 4,438 households — 876 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,053council ward average 11,646
Households4,4382.27 residents per household
Density876/ km²about 11.48 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+22.5%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 485
5–95.1% · 508
10–156.3% · 636
16–193.5% · 356
20–244.6% · 461
25–3412.3% · 1,241
35–4917.5% · 1,758
50–6423.4% · 2,348
65–7412.3% · 1,235
75–847.8% · 779
85+2.4% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 622
1 car or van40.3% · 1,787
2 cars or vans35.0% · 1,554
3 or more10.7% · 474
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright42.2% · 1,872
With mortgage34.2% · 1,515
Shared ownership0.8% · 36
Social rented11.0% · 487
Private rented11.5% · 511
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house38.9% · 1,727
Semi-detached house45.2% · 2,005
Terraced house11.3% · 503
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 172
Converted house0.1% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016572- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.