Property market
The five-year median is £150,000 from 2,280 recorded sales in S72. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Barnsley is £175,733 in June 2026, up 6.0% year on year.
S72
UK postcode district
Part of Barnsley
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 838
- Current units
- 715
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 123
Postcode sectors in S72
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,067 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 16, Orchard Place, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8GE | 27 July 2026 | £200,000 |
| 8, New Street, South Hiendley, Barnsley, S72 9BT | 16 July 2026 | £109,000 |
| 1, Quarry Bank Close, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8BJ | 13 July 2026 | £275,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,544
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,017
- Anti social behaviour 334
- Criminal damage and arson 282
- Vehicle crime 200
- Burglary 150
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- S72 usual residents
- 25,925
- Age-profile population
- 25,958
Age bands in S72
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- 4,766 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- 2,752 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- 6,532 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- 7,095 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
- 4,813 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 711 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 75%
In this district, 669 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 434 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY
THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code Y05363
BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FED, GRIMETHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, ACORN WAY, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code Y05248
GRIMETHORPE SURGERY
THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ
ODS code C85018
THE ROSE TREE PMS PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE MED PRACTICE, CUDWORTH CTR, CARLTON STREET, BARNSLEY, S72 8SU
ODS code C85014
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,544 published events cover 12 months, averaging 212 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,017 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.