Electoral wardE05016580
Old Town ward, Barnsley
Old Town is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,525 residents in 5,351 households — 2,755 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,525council ward average 11,646
Households5,3512.15 residents per household
Density2,755/ km²about 4.18 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+18.4%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 581
5–95.3% · 614
10–156.4% · 739
16–193.9% · 454
20–245.0% · 576
25–3413.7% · 1,582
35–4920.3% · 2,342
50–6421.8% · 2,514
65–7410.1% · 1,167
75–846.2% · 714
85+2.1% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 1,355
1 car or van43.1% · 2,308
2 cars or vans24.4% · 1,305
3 or more7.2% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.6% · 1,800
With mortgage29.0% · 1,550
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented16.7% · 892
Private rented20.0% · 1,070
Lives rent free0.4% · 20
Type of home
Detached house15.9% · 851
Semi-detached house38.8% · 2,077
Terraced house30.0% · 1,606
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 643
Converted house1.1% · 61
Other conversion1.0% · 53
Above shop / office0.7% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 25
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016580- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.