S36 6GG

Penistone West · Barnsley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Barnsley
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S36 6HJ 48 m
S36 6SX 77 m
S36 6HF 94 m
S36 6HA 98 m
S36 6HB 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S36 6GG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 6
Latitude
53.523061
Longitude
-1.613558
British National Grid easting
425,718
British National Grid northing
403,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Barnsley · E08000038
Parish or community
E04000050
Output area
E00037664
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

    48 m
  2. Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. Oxspring Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
430
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 156
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 34
  • Burglary 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider S36 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • KINGSWELL SURGERY PMS PRACTICE

    40 SHREWSBURY ROAD, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6DY

    ODS code C85623

    1.0 km

  • PENISTONE GROUP PMS PRACTICE

    19 HIGH STREET, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6BR

    ODS code C85004

    1.1 km

  • VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    JOHNSON STREET, STOCKSBRIDGE, SHEFFIELD, S36 1BX

    ODS code C88092

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sheffield Road/Green Road

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Sheffield Road/Don Street

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Sheffield Road/Green Road

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Sheffield Road/Knowles Street

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Green Road/Green Acres

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

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 48 m.

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

Recorded crime

430 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 156 events.

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