Electoral wardE05016578
Monk Bretton ward, Barnsley
Monk Bretton is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 12,025 residents in 5,203 households — 1,720 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,025council ward average 11,646
Households5,2032.31 residents per household
Density1,720/ km²about 6.99 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+20.3%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 685
5–96.2% · 741
10–156.9% · 832
16–194.1% · 497
20–244.7% · 568
25–3412.9% · 1,550
35–4917.7% · 2,130
50–6421.5% · 2,583
65–7411.2% · 1,343
75–847.1% · 853
85+2.1% · 250
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.7% · 1,235
1 car or van41.6% · 2,165
2 cars or vans26.5% · 1,377
3 or more8.2% · 428
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright32.3% · 1,678
With mortgage28.2% · 1,465
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented27.8% · 1,446
Private rented11.2% · 580
Lives rent free0.4% · 21
Type of home
Detached house25.7% · 1,339
Semi-detached house59.0% · 3,072
Terraced house11.6% · 604
Purpose-built flat2.7% · 142
Converted house0.4% · 20
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016578- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 8 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.