Electoral wardE05016586
Wombwell ward, Barnsley
Wombwell is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,980 residents in 5,340 households — 2,560 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,980council ward average 11,646
Households5,3402.24 residents per household
Density2,560/ km²about 4.68 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+16.9%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 753
5–95.9% · 709
10–156.6% · 788
16–194.1% · 490
20–246.0% · 717
25–3415.2% · 1,817
35–4919.2% · 2,293
50–6419.9% · 2,380
65–749.8% · 1,176
75–845.2% · 627
85+1.9% · 223
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 1,358
1 car or van42.5% · 2,271
2 cars or vans24.6% · 1,315
3 or more7.4% · 395
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.5% · 1,467
With mortgage30.0% · 1,603
Shared ownership0.6% · 32
Social rented22.9% · 1,223
Private rented18.5% · 989
Lives rent free0.4% · 21
Type of home
Detached house16.4% · 874
Semi-detached house50.6% · 2,700
Terraced house26.8% · 1,430
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 245
Converted house1.0% · 51
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016586- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 5 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.