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Electoral wardE05016587

Worsbrough ward, Barnsley

Worsbrough is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 13,149 residents in 5,822 households — 1,383 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202113,149council ward average 11,646
Households5,8222.26 residents per household
Density1,383/ km²about 9.51 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+18.8%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 694
5–96.4% · 848
10–157.1% · 936
16–194.2% · 557
20–245.1% · 668
25–3413.6% · 1,786
35–4918.2% · 2,398
50–6421.2% · 2,790
65–749.8% · 1,289
75–846.4% · 837
85+2.6% · 346

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.8% · 1,616
1 car or van42.0% · 2,446
2 cars or vans23.4% · 1,365
3 or more6.8% · 396
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.

Owned outright30.0% · 1,746
With mortgage25.4% · 1,476
Shared ownership0.6% · 36
Social rented30.4% · 1,772
Private rented13.2% · 768
Lives rent free0.4% · 23

Type of home

Detached house18.9% · 1,100
Semi-detached house56.5% · 3,291
Terraced house15.4% · 895
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 434
Converted house1.1% · 62
Other conversion0.3% · 19
Above shop / office0.4% · 25
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016587
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Density rank in council
12 of 21

All 21 wards of Barnsley

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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.