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Town Centre market report S70 5, Barnsley
The standing S70 5 (Town Centre) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 3,496 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in S70 5 (Barnsley) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: a typical S70 5 (Barnsley) home changed hands for £174,000 in 2026 (median of 35 registered sales, up 28% on five years earlier), with the mean at £176,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,340 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 3,496 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
A postcode sector like S70 5 is a single group of streets within S70 (Barnsley), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where S70 5 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in S70 5
Across 35 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) S70 5 home went for £174,000. The mean is £176,400, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
What a square metre costs in S70 5
Per square metre, S70 5 homes have averaged around £2,340 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving S70 5 39% below the national figure.
A typical S70 5 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £174,000 | £174,000 | 35 |
| 2025 | £195,000 | £199,663 | 129 |
| 2024 | £205,000 | £217,957 | 131 |
| 2023 | £160,000 | £175,801 | 91 |
| 2022 | £172,000 | £201,690 | 95 |
| 2021 | £135,800 | £171,940 | 114 |
| 2020 | £125,000 | £162,190 | 107 |
| 2019 | £127,500 | £167,122 | 128 |
| 2018 | £120,000 | £159,962 | 122 |
| 2017 | £125,000 | £170,487 | 103 |
| 2016 | £120,000 | £167,881 | 91 |
| 2015 | £101,800 | £143,843 | 128 |
| 2014 | £105,000 | £148,961 | 99 |
| 2013 | £90,000 | £129,501 | 84 |
| 2012 | £125,000 | £183,984 | 65 |
| 2011 | £106,000 | £160,019 | 69 |
| 2010 | £100,000 | £156,826 | 79 |
| 2009 | £100,000 | £160,751 | 48 |
| 2008 | £110,000 | £180,313 | 94 |
| 2007 | £115,000 | £195,072 | 163 |
| 2006 | £97,500 | £169,248 | 119 |
| 2005 | £105,500 | £187,747 | 154 |
| 2004 | £93,200 | £169,269 | 148 |
| 2003 | £65,000 | £119,746 | 149 |
| 2002 | £62,900 | £118,346 | 160 |
| 2001 | £48,200 | £92,662 | 166 |
| 2000 | £47,000 | £92,238 | 135 |
| 1999 | £39,000 | £77,725 | 105 |
| 1998 | £37,500 | £75,696 | 68 |
| 1997 | £39,000 | £79,981 | 91 |
| 1996 | £47,500 | £100,175 | 99 |
| 1995 | £44,000 | £95,649 | 127 |
In cash terms the typical S70 5 home went from £44,000 in 1995 to £174,000 in 2026, roughly 4.0 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 82%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2024. The market now sits about 20% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the S70 5 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+43.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2013 (−28.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −10.8% | −12.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +5.1% | +0.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Transaction volumes
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 35 sales completed in S70 5. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 149 sales a year before the financial crisis and 96 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around S70 5
S70 5 falls under Barnsley, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £678 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £494 a month here against £1,061 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Barnsley
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£678 a month is £8,136 a year, which against the £174,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.7%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
The shape of the S70 5 market
Only 35 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes S70 5 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within S70, this sector trades 19% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.
Asked and answered: S70 5 (Town Centre)
How much did a house sell for in S70 5 (Town Centre)?
Are property prices falling in S70 5 (Town Centre)?
Is S70 5 (Town Centre) a good place to buy a house?
Will S70 5 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 28% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in S70 right now
The live side of the market holds 134 homes at the moment, listed by 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole S70 district, not just S70 5: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 31% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Farm Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Barnsley
- Bellmer Croft, Birdwell, Barnsley
- Bank End Avenue, Worsbrough, Barnsley, Barnsley
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every S70 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
What another bedroom costs in S
What homes of each size actually sold for across the S area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £235,000 | £330,000 (+40%) | £495,000 (+50%) | £750,000 (+52%) |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | £175,000 (+9%) | £220,000 (+26%) | £321,000 (+46%) | £550,000 (+71%) |
| Terraced | £132,000 | £140,000 (+6%) | £175,000 (+25%) | £256,500 (+47%) | £350,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £120,000 | £148,000 (+23%) | £265,000 (+79%) | £461,750 (+74%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the S area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, S area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in S70
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of S70, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| S70 1 | £112,800 | 30 |
| S70 2 | £95,000 | 7 |
| S70 3 | £167,500 | 28 |
| S70 4 | £145,000 | 31 |
| S70 6 | £150,000 | 48 |
Zoom out to the full S70 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how S70 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in S70 5? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in S70 5, open the average prices map and zoom from the S70 5 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded S70 5 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim S70 5.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to S70 5. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual S70 5 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.