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8,840 residents make their home in this town in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. The weak point is health (D−): life expectancy is 74 for men and 78 for women. Worsbrough ranks #38 of 63 in South Yorkshire, with a C overall. That leaves it better than 27% of UK towns. Housing is within reach (B+): homes sell for a median £170,000, about 4 times local household income. It lags on safety as well (D−) — 54.1 violent and sexual offences and 28.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Jobs & income is weaker too — households earn a mean £37,144 a year, and 4.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Worsbrough 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 Worsbrough is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Worsbrough’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
13% 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 Worsbrough. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory2 km outside town, to the northeast
CastleWentworth Castle2.7 km outside town, to the west
MuseumElsecar Heritage Centre4.2 km outside town, to the southeast
Heritage railwayElsecar Heritage Railway4.3 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumCooper Art Gallery1.7 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumExperience Barnsley Museum and Discovery Centre1.6 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Worsbrough.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, higher than both South Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). The middle age in Worsbrough is 44.2.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Worsbrough | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the town’s 3 primary schools, 62% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km averages 47.8, and 52% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Worsbrough’s three primaries have 767 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Green Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 357 | C+ |
| Bank End Primary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 199 | A |
One GP practice serves the town; three quarters of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 73% of Worsbrough’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below South Yorkshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 9.1% of the town. Women here live to 78 on average and men to 74 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Worsbrough | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9.1% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 961 offences in Worsbrough and 153 cases of nuisance behaviour. There were 18.7 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and England’s towns (7.8). Just over two fifths of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, below South Yorkshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
55% of households own their home, lower than both South Yorkshire’s towns (61%) and England’s towns (61%). Private renters make up 12% of households. The £170,000 median rests on 267 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £265,000 | 73 |
| Semi-detached | £152,250 | 132 |
| Terraced | £117,000 | 61 |
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 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how 81% of commuters got to work at the census. 48% of commuters travelled under 5 km, above South Yorkshire’s towns (43%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Also worth knowing: for every resident in work, Worsbrough has 0.3 jobs. Of the commuters living in the town, 7% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worsbrough | 8,840 | — | C | B+ | D− | D− |
| Barnsley | 71,394 | 1.6 | C | A− | D− | D− |
| Birdwell | 3,363 | 1.8 | C+ | B− | C | C− |
| Dodworth | 5,981 | 2.3 | B− | B+ | C | C− |
| Jump | 1,424 | 2.4 | — | A− | C− | D |
| Hoyland | 15,527 | 2.7 | C− | B+ | D | D |
| Wombwell | 16,758 | 2.7 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Hemingfield | 1,815 | 2.8 | — | B− | B+ | C− |
Jump and Hemingfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
At the 2021 Census, 11% of Worsbrough’s 8,840 residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £170,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £117,000, semi-detached houses £152,250 and detached houses £265,000.
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Worsbrough is a built-up area of 8,840 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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