Electoral wardE05016581
Penistone East ward, Barnsley
Penistone East is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 10,659 residents in 4,652 households — 126 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,659council ward average 11,646
Households4,6522.29 residents per household
Density126/ km²about 84.26 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+27.9%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 368
5–94.8% · 511
10–156.7% · 710
16–193.9% · 417
20–243.6% · 385
25–346.3% · 670
35–4917.3% · 1,843
50–6426.1% · 2,778
65–7415.5% · 1,647
75–849.6% · 1,026
85+2.9% · 305
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.4% · 391
1 car or van34.9% · 1,622
2 cars or vans40.2% · 1,869
3 or more16.5% · 768
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright47.6% · 2,214
With mortgage31.4% · 1,460
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented8.8% · 409
Private rented11.6% · 539
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house55.6% · 2,584
Semi-detached house25.6% · 1,191
Terraced house16.6% · 772
Purpose-built flat1.1% · 52
Converted house0.3% · 14
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016581- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 21
Parishes in the ward
CawthorneGunthwaite and IngbirchworthHigh HoylandHunshelfOxspringPenistoneSilkstoneThurgolandWortley
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.