Electoral wardE05016584
Royston ward, Barnsley
Royston is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,479 residents in 4,990 households — 1,417 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,479council ward average 11,646
Households4,9902.3 residents per household
Density1,417/ km²about 8.10 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+19.7%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 633
5–96.1% · 705
10–157.4% · 844
16–194.2% · 478
20–245.0% · 574
25–3413.0% · 1,494
35–4917.8% · 2,038
50–6421.4% · 2,455
65–7411.1% · 1,269
75–846.4% · 740
85+2.2% · 251
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.7% · 982
1 car or van41.9% · 2,088
2 cars or vans29.3% · 1,461
3 or more9.2% · 458
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright34.6% · 1,727
With mortgage32.3% · 1,612
Shared ownership1.2% · 59
Social rented18.5% · 922
Private rented13.2% · 660
Lives rent free0.3% · 14
Type of home
Detached house30.3% · 1,512
Semi-detached house46.1% · 2,301
Terraced house17.3% · 862
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 260
Converted house0.5% · 26
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016584- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 10 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.