Housing in S72 8HZ
What the homes in S72 8HZ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cudworth Village
- Council
- Barnsley
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,272 (2024)
S72 8HZBarnsley
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (73.3%). Flats make up 20%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
33.7% of households in the S72 8HZ area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 9.4% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 15.9% own outright and 17.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned33.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented9.4%20.5%
- Social rented56.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 25.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (19.6%). 31.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Barnsley
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Barnsley (August 2026, +7.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around S72 8HZ (Cudworth Village) (about 1,272 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.