BARNSLEY ROAD, WF9 2QW House Prices & Local Information

WF9 2QW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Barnsley Road, 0.1km from Elm Estate in South Elmsall. Administratively it sits within Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward and the Hemsworth constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A balanced community with an average age of 41 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 47% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £96k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 108.0% 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 WF9 2QW are sourced from Output Area E00059804 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.