WALTHAM STREET, S70 1JA House Prices & Local Information

S70 1JA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Waltham Street, 0.8km from Worsbrough Common in Barnsley. Administratively it sits within Central ward and the Barnsley Central constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S70 1JA is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a market squares zone — traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. Residents average 51 years old — this is a settled, predominantly owner-occupied area with a stable, community-minded population. 57% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 104 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £133k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for S70 1JA are sourced from Output Area E00037181 (shared with 17 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.