Social housing in Barnsley
19.7% of households in Barnsley are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Barnsley?
Barnsley ranks 85th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 108,052 households, 21,278 are social homes (19.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Barnsley compare with the UK average?
At +2.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Barnsley sits above the national level.
Barnsley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Barnsley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Barnsley has 97 schools — 94 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 77 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 49 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 92 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Barnsley, offering about 4,041 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Barnsley sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 41% of its 148 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,001 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Barnsley
See Barnsley through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).