CARLTON STREET, S71 1QS House Prices & Local Information

S71 1QS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Carlton Street, 0.1km from Gawber, New in Barnsley. Administratively it sits within Old Town ward and the Barnsley Central constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S71 1QS is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a low density wholesale and retail zone — low density wholesale and retail in mostly white areas, often on urban fringe or close to transport nodes. Residents average 46 years old — this is a settled, predominantly owner-occupied area with a stable, community-minded population. 52% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 60 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £180k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 46.3% year-on-year. 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 S71 1QS are sourced from Output Area E00037549 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.