S36 6PS

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 6GE 47 m
S36 6FT 61 m
S36 6GJ 65 m
S36 6BG 72 m
S36 6FU 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S36 6PS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1997
Terminated
1 October 2000
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 6
Latitude
53.521278
Longitude
-1.618370
British National Grid easting
425,400
British National Grid northing
402,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Barnsley · E08000038
Parish or community
E04000050
Output area
E00037645
Lower layer super output area
Barnsley 024F · E01007432
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
12
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Springvale Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    909 m
  3. Oxspring Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
428
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 155
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • 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

  • KINGSWELL SURGERY PMS PRACTICE

    40 SHREWSBURY ROAD, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6DY

    ODS code C85623

    823 m

  • PENISTONE GROUP PMS PRACTICE

    19 HIGH STREET, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6BR

    ODS code C85004

    852 m

  • VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    JOHNSON STREET, STOCKSBRIDGE, SHEFFIELD, S36 1BX

    ODS code C88092

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Green Road/Castle Street

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Green Road/Castle Lane

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Green Road/Green Acres

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Sheffield Road/Green Road

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.2 miles
  • Sheffield Road/Green Road

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 024F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,495 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Springvale Primary School is the nearest published school at 346 m.

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

Recorded crime

428 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 155 events.

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