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S72 0YZ

Darfield & Great Houghton · Barnsley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Darfield & Great Houghton
Local authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Barnsley South
Postcode district
S72
Postcode sector
S72 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S72 0JF 11 m
S72 0JA 112 m
S72 0HY 120 m
S72 0JG 172 m
S72 0JB 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S72 0YZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S72
Postcode sector
S72 0
Latitude
53.538040
Longitude
-1.339078
British National Grid easting
443,900
British National Grid northing
404,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Barnsley · E08000038
Electoral ward
Darfield & Great Houghton · E05016570
Parish or community
E04000039
Westminster constituency
Barnsley South · E14001075
Output area
E00037264
Lower layer super output area
Barnsley 020B · E01007349
Middle layer super output area
Barnsley 020 · E02001528

Postcode source versions

Explore S72

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
25
Secondary
4

  1. Highgate Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  2. Sandhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  3. The Robert Ogden School

    Other independent special school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
495
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 176
  • Criminal damage and arson 65
  • Other theft 53
  • Anti social behaviour 52
  • Vehicle crime 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
S72 0 residents
3,316

Age bands in S72 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

537 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

344 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.4%

788 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

992 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

711 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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • GARLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    GARLAND HOUSE, 1 CHURCH STREET, DARFIELD, BARNSLEY, S73 9JX

    ODS code C85016

    2.1 km

  • GOLDTHORPE MEDICAL CENTRE

    GOLDTHORPE GREEN, GOLDTHORPE, ROTHERHAM, S63 9EH

    ODS code C85001

    2.2 km

  • HOLLYGREEN PRACTICE

    GOLDTHOPE CENTRE, GOLDTHORPE GREEN, GOLDTHORPE, ROTHERHAM, S63 9EH

    ODS code C85023

    2.2 km

  • LAKESIDE SURGERY

    GOLDTHOPE CENTRE, GOLDTHORPE GREEN, GOLDTHORPE, ROTHERHAM, S63 9EH

    ODS code Y04809

    2.2 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

    THE THURNSCOE LIFT BUILDING, HOLLY BUSH DRIVE, THURNSCOE, ROTHERHAM, S63 0LU

    ODS code Y00411

    2.3 km

  • MARKET SURGERY

    WAREHOUSE LANE, WATH-UPON-DEARNE, ROTHERHAM, S63 7RA

    ODS code C87029

    4.0 km

  • WOMBWELL GMS PRACTICE

    MAYFLOWER WAY, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0AJ

    ODS code C85013

    4.1 km

  • WOMBWELL MEDICAL CENTRE PRACTICE

    GEORGE STREET, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0DD

    ODS code C85030

    4.4 km

  • BHF HIGHGATE SURGERY

    THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code Y05363

    4.8 km

  • BRIERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FED, GRIMETHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, ACORN WAY, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code Y05248

    4.8 km

  • GRIMETHORPE SURGERY

    THE GRIMETHORPE CENTRE, ACORN WAY, GRIMETHORPE, BARNSLEY, S72 7NZ

    ODS code C85018

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street/Back Lane

    BCT · Billingley

    0.0 miles

  • Billingley Green Lane/Chapel Lane

    BCT · Billingley

    0.0 miles

  • Barnsley Road/Billingley Green Lane

    BCT · Billingley

    0.4 miles

  • Barnsley Road/Billingley Green Lane

    BCT · Billingley

    0.4 miles

  • Rotherham Road/Middlecliffe Lane

    BCT · Middlecliffe

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnsley 020B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,664 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Highgate Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

495 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.

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