WINDMILL AVENUE, S72 7AL House Prices & Local Information

S72 7AL is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Windmill Avenue, 0.1km from Windmill Hill in Grimethorpe. Administratively it sits within North East ward and the Barnsley East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S72 7AL is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 33% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £121k, 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 7AL are sourced from Output Area E00037159 (shared with 15 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.