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S36 6BJ

Penistone West · Barnsley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Penistone West
Local authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S36 6FQ 53 m
S36 6GF 53 m
S36 6FG 76 m
S36 6GA 82 m
S36 6GL 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S36 6BJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
1 April 2022
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 6
Latitude
53.521686
Longitude
-1.622288
British National Grid easting
425,140
British National Grid northing
402,844

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Barnsley · E08000038
Electoral ward
Penistone West · E05016582
Parish or community
E04000050
Westminster constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge · E14001423
Output area
E00168693
Lower layer super output area
Barnsley 024D · E01007430
Middle layer super output area
Barnsley 024 · E02001532

Postcode source versions

Explore S36

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Springvale Primary School

    Community school

    559 m

  2. Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    645 m

  3. Penistone Grammar School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
458
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 174
  • Anti social behaviour 69
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 36
  • Burglary 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
S36 6 residents
7,019

Age bands in S36 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

1,439 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

686 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

1,887 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,085 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,515 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • PENISTONE GROUP PMS PRACTICE

    19 HIGH STREET, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6BR

    ODS code C85004

    590 m

  • KINGSWELL SURGERY PMS PRACTICE

    40 SHREWSBURY ROAD, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6DY

    ODS code C85623

    602 m

  • VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    JOHNSON STREET, STOCKSBRIDGE, SHEFFIELD, S36 1BX

    ODS code C88092

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Green Road/Ward Street

    BCT · Penistone

    0.1 miles

  • Green Road/Castle Lane

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Green Road/Ward Street

    BCT · Penistone

    0.1 miles

  • Green Road/Castle Street

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Church View Road/Lees Avenue

    BCT · Penistone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 024D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,366 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Springvale Primary School is the nearest published school at 559 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

458 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 174 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.