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Electoral wardE05016579

North East ward, Barnsley

North East is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,174 residents in 4,662 households — 780 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202111,174council ward average 11,646
Households4,6622.4 residents per household
Density780/ km²about 14.32 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+17.3%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 722
5–96.6% · 739
10–157.1% · 797
16–194.0% · 445
20–245.4% · 598
25–3414.1% · 1,570
35–4918.0% · 2,015
50–6421.0% · 2,349
65–749.9% · 1,107
75–845.6% · 625
85+1.8% · 201

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.8% · 969
1 car or van41.9% · 1,951
2 cars or vans28.3% · 1,319
3 or more9.0% · 421
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.

Owned outright30.0% · 1,395
With mortgage31.6% · 1,473
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented20.1% · 937
Private rented17.6% · 818
Lives rent free0.4% · 19

Type of home

Detached house22.2% · 1,034
Semi-detached house54.3% · 2,531
Terraced house20.1% · 937
Purpose-built flat2.7% · 126
Converted house0.4% · 17
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016579
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
17 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Shafton

All 21 wards of Barnsley

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.