S36 9YY

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S36 6AA 0 m
S36 7WX 0 m
S36 9YX 0 m
S36 6BZ 50 m
S36 6DZ 59 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S36 9YY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S36
Postcode sector
S36 9
Latitude
53.525288
Longitude
-1.630055
British National Grid easting
424,623
British National Grid northing
403,242

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Barnsley · E08000038
Parish or community
E04000050
Output area
E00037665
Lower layer super output area
Barnsley 024B · E01007428
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. Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    308 m
  2. Penistone Grammar School

    Community school

    978 m
  3. Springvale Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
513
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 39
  • Burglary 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
S36 9 residents
3,748

Age bands in S36 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

529 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

240 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

653 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.5%

967 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

583 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

2

within 5 km

  • KINGSWELL SURGERY PMS PRACTICE

    40 SHREWSBURY ROAD, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6DY

    ODS code C85623

    136 m

  • PENISTONE GROUP PMS PRACTICE

    19 HIGH STREET, PENISTONE, SHEFFIELD, S36 6BR

    ODS code C85004

    231 m

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

  • Shrewsbury Road/Penistone Church

    BCT · Penistone

    0.0 miles
  • Market Place/St Mary's Street

    BCT · Penistone

    0.0 miles
  • Park Avenue/Park Lane

    BCT · Penistone

    0.2 miles
  • Park Avenue/Park Lane

    BCT · Penistone

    0.2 miles
  • Market Lane/Stottercliffe Road

    BCT · Penistone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 024B, 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

24,377 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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. Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 308 m.

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

Recorded crime

513 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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