COBCAR LANE, S74 8JH House Prices & Local Information

S74 8JH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Cobcar Lane, 0.3km from Kitroyd in Hoyland. Administratively it sits within Hoyland Milton ward and the Barnsley East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S74 8JH is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a rural with mining or quarrying zone — includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 44) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 50% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 35 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. 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 8JH are sourced from Output Area E00037462 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.