Electoral wardE05016582
Penistone West ward, Barnsley
Penistone West is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 12,466 residents in 5,358 households — 166 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,466council ward average 11,646
Households5,3582.33 residents per household
Density166/ km²about 75.10 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+20.5%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 624
5–96.4% · 795
10–157.8% · 970
16–193.8% · 478
20–243.8% · 469
25–3410.2% · 1,272
35–4920.1% · 2,509
50–6422.4% · 2,798
65–7412.0% · 1,501
75–846.4% · 793
85+2.1% · 267
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.4% · 664
1 car or van39.1% · 2,096
2 cars or vans36.9% · 1,979
3 or more11.6% · 619
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 2,085
With mortgage35.9% · 1,925
Shared ownership0.7% · 35
Social rented12.4% · 665
Private rented12.0% · 642
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house33.7% · 1,807
Semi-detached house35.6% · 1,907
Terraced house24.9% · 1,333
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 234
Converted house0.4% · 23
Other conversion0.6% · 32
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016582- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
DunfordLangsettPenistone
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.