Electoral wardE05016574
Dearne South ward, Barnsley
Dearne South is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,452 residents in 4,855 households — 1,350 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,452council ward average 11,646
Households4,8552.36 residents per household
Density1,350/ km²about 8.48 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+16.4%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 723
5–96.3% · 718
10–157.7% · 880
16–193.9% · 446
20–245.7% · 648
25–3414.5% · 1,658
35–4918.6% · 2,126
50–6420.8% · 2,378
65–749.6% · 1,100
75–845.2% · 595
85+1.6% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.7% · 1,100
1 car or van42.2% · 2,049
2 cars or vans27.3% · 1,322
3 or more7.8% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 1,489
With mortgage33.0% · 1,604
Shared ownership0.1% · 7
Social rented16.5% · 799
Private rented19.4% · 941
Lives rent free0.3% · 16
Type of home
Detached house17.2% · 834
Semi-detached house50.5% · 2,453
Terraced house27.6% · 1,338
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 192
Converted house0.2% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016574- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.