× ALL but one town in the Barnsley borough are considered to have high levels of deprivation, according to a new government study.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data drills down into population and employment figures to provide a classification of deprivation status - finding the majority of Barnsley’s towns to be ‘high deprivation residential’ areas.
Such areas are those where job density - the number of jobs divided by working-age population - is low, and there are high levels of deprivation due to low income.
Thurnscoe, Cudworth, Royston, Bolton-upon-Dearne, Worsbrough, Wombwell and Hoyland all fall into the category - with researchers noting the latter three of those towns combine a growing population with declining employment over the period from 2009 to 2019.