SKIERS VIEW ROAD, S74 0BT House Prices & Local Information

S74 0BT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Skiers View Road, 0.5km from Hoyland Common in Hoyland. Administratively it sits within Rockingham ward and the Barnsley East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S74 0BT is a mature suburban area dominated by older, retired homeowners. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 54) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 56% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 19% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £145k, 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 S74 0BT are sourced from Output Area E00037496 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.