CHURCH STREET, S72 0BL House Prices & Local Information

S72 0BL is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Church Street, 0.4km from Great Houghton in Great Houghton (Barnsley). Administratively it sits within North East ward and the Barnsley East constituency.

For renters and young professionals, S72 0BL offers a family suburb with many younger renters, often with small children. By day, the area transitions to a rural with mining or quarrying character: includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. An average age of 38 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 45% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £66k, 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 S72 0BL are sourced from Output Area E00037270 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.