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Some 5,981 people live in this town, in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
School results are strong: primary results beat 77% of towns in England; secondary results beat 81% of towns in England. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: the median home sold for £183,500, 4.3 years of area income. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−): life expectancy is 78.2 for men and 81.9 for women. It lags on safety as well (C): police record 26.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 16.7 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 73%. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 53% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #16 of 63 in South Yorkshire. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Dodworth does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Dodworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Dodworth’s built-up area.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Dodworth. Best known first.
CastleWentworth Castle1.2 km outside town, to the south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumCannon Hall4.2 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumCooper Art Gallery2.4 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumCawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum3 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumExperience Barnsley Museum and Discovery Centre2.3 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dodworth.
67% of pupils at the town’s 2 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Secondary results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 50.4, with 57% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Dodworth’s two primaries have 328 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keresforth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 224 | B+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up a tenth of the total, below South Yorkshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Dodworth has 15 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Women here live to 81.9 on average and men to 78.2 (2019–23). 77% of people in Dodworth rate their own health good or very good. Seeing a GP means leaving Dodworth: the nearest practice is 0.6 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Dodworth | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.6% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
15% are under 15, below South Yorkshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Typical age in Dodworth: 47.4, the median. Also worth knowing: among adults, 27% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Dodworth | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 303 offences in Dodworth and 66 cases of nuisance behaviour. 44% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. There were 12 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), between South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Home ownership stands at 71% of households. Behind the median of £183,500: 218 standard sales inside Dodworth’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £696 a month across the Barnsley council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £322,525 | 78 |
| Semi-detached | £167,000 | 89 |
| Terraced | £136,500 | 30 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,500 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Dodworth has 1.2 jobs. 85% of commuters drove, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%). Average household income comes to £45K a year before tax. Work in town: a tenth of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
9 listed buildings in Dodworth.
Church of St John: Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · First and Second World War Memorial at Junction with Dodworth Green Road: Photo: ChicXulub · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodworth | 5,981 | — | B− | B+ | C | C− |
| Barugh Green and Redbrook | 7,545 | 1.6 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Silkstone Common | 1,278 | 1.7 | — | C | A+ | A |
| Silkstone | 1,682 | 2 | — | C− | A− | A− |
| Barnsley | 71,394 | 2.1 | C | A− | D− | D− |
| Worsbrough | 8,840 | 2.3 | C | B+ | D− | D− |
| Birdwell | 3,363 | 2.8 | C+ | B− | C | C− |
| Darton | 15,016 | 3 | C+ | B | C+ | C− |
Silkstone Common and Silkstone have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results beat 81% of towns in England, and primary results beat 77% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Dodworth has 2 state schools; places are handled by Barnsley council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £183,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £136,500, terraced houses £136,500, semi-detached houses £167,000 and detached houses £322,525.
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Dodworth is a built-up area of 5,981 people, in the Barnsley council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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