Hoyland Milton ward profile

11,852 people live in Hoyland Milton, or 5.1% of Barnsley’s total population. 64.8% of residents are of working age, slightly more than the borough average and over 2% more than the national average. 16.3% are of pensionable age, lower than the borough and national averages but very similar to the regional average.

Over 98% of the population is white, and 97.7% were born in the UK. Only 0.5% of households contain nobody whose main language is English, compared to a borough average of 1.3% and a national average of 4.4%.

70% of Hoyland Milton residents have a religion, slightly more than the national average. The vast majority are Christian, with the remaining mainstream religions making up only 0.7% of the total.

Household information

32.2% of adult residents are single, slightly more than the borough average but over 2% fewer than the national average. However, only 28.9% of households consist of one person, which is slightly fewer than both the borough and national averages. 46.6% are married, which is the same as the national average but less than the borough average. On the other hand just over two thirds of households consist of one family, almost 5% more than the national average.

62.9% of homes in Hoyland Milton are privately owned, compared to a national average of 63.3% and a borough average of 64.3%. Over 22% of households live in social rented accommodation, slightly more than the borough average and over 4% more than the national average. 13.1% of households rent from private landlords, again slightly more than the borough average but almost 4% below the national average. 99% of homes are centrally heated but 26.5% do not have access to a car or van, slightly more than the national average.

Health

76% of the population feel their health is ‘very good’ or ‘good’, more than the borough average but significantly fewer than the national average of 81.4%. On the other hand 7.8% describe their health as ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’, fewer than the borough average of 8.4% but more than the national average of 5.4%. 3.6% of residents provide unpaid care for 50 hours or more each week, more than the borough, regional, and national averages.

Education and work

31.5% of Hoyland Milton residents have no educational qualifications, 9% more than the national average but slightly fewer than the borough average. Only 16.8% of the population are educated to degree level or above, compared to a borough average of 17.4% and a national average of 27.4%.

Over 69% are economically active, which is more than the borough average, but the number of long-term unemployed people is also slightly higher than the borough average. Wholesale and retail trades employ the most workers at 17.4%, followed by human health and social work activities at 13.3%. Only 4.1% of residents work in higher professional occupations, which is half the national average.