Property market
The five-year median is £149,950 from 1,263 recorded sales in S74. 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.
S74
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 586
- Current units
- 521
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 65
Postcode sectors in S74
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,948 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 13, Fitzwilliam Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 0NJ | 20 July 2026 | £140,000 |
| 26, Gill Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9LR | 8 July 2026 | £120,000 |
| 28, Wentworth Road, Blacker Hill, Barnsley, S74 0RU | 3 July 2026 | £215,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 8
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,671
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 601
- Anti social behaviour 225
- Vehicle crime 147
- Criminal damage and arson 143
- Shoplifting 119
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- S74 usual residents
- 18,058
- Age-profile population
- 17,657
Age bands in S74
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.7%
2,954 residents
1,779 residents
4,283 residents
4,992 residents
3,649 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 516 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%
477 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 300 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 1 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
HOYLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE HOYLAND CENTRE, HIGH CROFT, HOYLAND, BARNSLEY, S74 9AF
ODS code C85022
WALDERSLADE SURGERY
HIGH CROFT, HOYLAND, BARNSLEY, S74 9AF
ODS code C85008
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,671 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 601 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.