House Prices

Barnsley enjoys far more affordable costs of living, such as housing and entertainment, than other parts of the country. In the rural areas, there are high quality detached houses - both newly built and traditional - which are particularly popular among professionals and managers. Between the rural areas and the Town Centre lies a range of high quality detached and semi-detached housing. The rest of Barnsley provides a very affordable mix of traditional terrace, semi-detached and detached houses.

Sale prices of private houses in Barnsley October-December 2005

		Detached	Semi-Detached	Terraced	Flat/Maisonette	Overall
	Barnsley	£187,907	£107,764	£88,615	£109,975	£117,968
	Sheffield	£236,070	£138,002	£108,830	£123,972	£141,096
	Leeds	£297,354	£151,217	£117,909	£137,881	£156,863
	South-East	£368,609	£215,336	£178,187	£150,713	£229,083
	Eng & Wales	£293,098	£174,744	£149,905	£173,914	£191,326

Source: Land Registry, 2006

Students Numbers and results

Barnsley has five infant schools (5-7 years); five junior schools (7-11 years); 75 primary schools (5-11 years); 13 secondary schools (11-16 years); one secondary school (11-18 years) and one special school (3-19 years). There are also a number of private schools.

		Barnsley	England and Wales
	Full-time students and schoolchildren aged 16 to 74	7,234	2,648,992
	Percentage of total resident population	3.3%	5.1%
	Total number aged 16 to 17	3,807	1,014,284
	Total number aged 18 to 74	3,427	1,634,708

Source: National Census 2001

Destinations of Barnsley School leavers

		at 16 years old		at 18 years old
		Number	%	Number	%
	Further/Higher Education	1,766	63%	119	89%
	Employment or work-based training	672	24%	10	8%
	Total	2800	100%	133	100%

Source: Moving On 2004, Connexions