Property market
The five-year median is £150,000 from 2,511 recorded sales in S73. 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.
S73
UK postcode district
Part of Barnsley
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 922
- Current units
- 757
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 165
Postcode sectors in S73
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,236 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 90, Main Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8JU | 27 July 2026 | £115,000 |
| 87, Blythe Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8JF | 24 July 2026 | £78,000 |
| 1, Pickup Crescent, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0EL | 24 July 2026 | £165,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,777
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,074
- Anti social behaviour 448
- Criminal damage and arson 281
- Vehicle crime 180
- Public order 167
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- S73 usual residents
- 29,250
- Age-profile population
- 29,686
Age bands in S73
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 5,340 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 3,100 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- 7,929 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- 7,882 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
- 5,435 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 750 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
- 0%
In this district, 734 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 641 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units 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
3
in this district
GARLAND HOUSE SURGERY
GARLAND HOUSE, 1 CHURCH STREET, DARFIELD, BARNSLEY, S73 9JX
ODS code C85016
WOMBWELL GMS PRACTICE
MAYFLOWER WAY, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0AJ
ODS code C85013
WOMBWELL MEDICAL CENTRE PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, S73 0DD
ODS code C85030
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
2,777 published events cover 12 months, averaging 231 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,074 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.