AREA DECISION REPORT
Barnsley area decision report
Balanced shortlist area
Median affordability sits at 4.9x in 2025, which reads as accessible. Broadband coverage is still partial in the current area seam. 4G strong coverage reaches 99.8% and 5G reaches 38.5% in the current area summary. Nearby planning activity is quiet in the current area radius. 3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up.
Partial live coverage across the current area research seams | Sold prices through 30 Jun 2026 · Affordability year 2025 · Mobile source year 2025
- Median sold price, last 5 years £157,000Based on 21,218 sales · Latest sale in data: 30 Jun 2026
- Affordability AccessibleMedian ratio 4.9x in 2025
- Gigabit availability UnavailableNo matched broadband row
- 4G strong coverage 99.8%Area-level mobile source year 2025
- Nearby planning QuietCurrent applications plus recent decisions linked to the area radius
Area summary
Use this summary to decide whether this shortlist survives, then move into postcode-level due diligence where the evidence looks strongest.
Affordability and price
Accessible at 4.9xMedian house-price-to-earnings ratio is 4.9x in 2025, with a median house price of £180,000 and residence earnings of £36,652.
Broadband
Partial broadband coverageNo current broadband summary row matched this area, so connectivity coverage is still partial in the area brief.
Mobile
4G 99.8% · 5G 38.5%4G strong-coverage share is 99.8%, with 5G at 38.5% in the current area-level summary.
Planning watch
No nearby matchesNo nearby planning rows matched Barnsley in the current live coverage yet.
Schools
39 nearby school rows39 nearby school rows matched postcode area S63 0FQ for Barnsley. Use the schools flow to compare them in more detail.
Transport
2,027 mapped stopsBarnsley currently links 2,027 mapped transport stops, including 2,005 local bus or tram access points and 22 rail or metro stops. Where NaPTAN status is present, 1,554 stops are marked active and 473 inactive. Top localities include Barnsley Town Centre (113), Wombwell (82), Thurnscoe (70).
Local business
Score 100/100Barnsley currently links 886 mapped local businesses across 8 tracked categories. Top amenity groups include 252 food and drink, 180 nightlife, 151 grocery. The current amenity availability signal scores 100/100.
Jobs
49,110 online job adverts observedBarnsley sits in Yorkshire and The Humber. These are online job adverts for Yorkshire and The Humber as a whole, the smallest published geography covering Barnsley, so the figure describes the region rather than Barnsley itself. · May 2026. Same geography one year earlier: 61,263 online job adverts observed in May 2025.
Postcode follow-up
3 featured postcodes3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up under Barnsley.
Crime
Latest month 2,391Barnsley recorded 2,391 crimes in Jun 2026. Rolling twelve month context shows 26,789, with a 3.7% fall against the prior twelve months and violence and sexual offences as the top recorded type. South Yorkshire Police contributes the largest matched force share in the latest month.
Local business
This area-level OSM snapshot shows the amenity mix currently mapped around Barnsley, so you can judge everyday convenience before you spend more time on postcode-level checks.
Amenity availability
Convenience score 100/100
Basis: nearest matching geography. Area local-business counts use postcode tags first and nearest-postcode fallback when the OSM record has no usable postcode tag.
Amenity group
Food and drink
252 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by fast food (127), cafe (78), restaurant (47).
Amenity group
Nightlife
180 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by pub (157), bar (23).
Amenity group
Grocery
151 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by convenience (88), supermarket (41), bakery (12).
Amenity group
Personal services
136 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by hairdresser (85), beauty (51).
Compare against another area
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Birmingham
Birmingham has 63,331 recorded sales with a median sold price of £220,400.
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Leeds
Leeds has 60,832 recorded sales with a median sold price of £225,000.
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North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire has 59,996 recorded sales with a median sold price of £260,000.
Open area researchPostcodes worth checking next
These are the best current postcode follow-up routes from the live area brief, so use them to move from early shortlist thinking into deeper due diligence.
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S63 0FQ
S63 0FQ has 70 recorded sales with a median sold price of £189,995.
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S70 2HA
S70 2HA has 65 recorded sales with a median sold price of £173,999.
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S71 4GL
S71 4GL has 65 recorded sales with a median sold price of £239,995.
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