Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:35 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:19 am – 3:47 pm
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People6,293 residentsin the Cudworth Village census areaMedian age 38.42,631 households64% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright18% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.3% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 2,928 in work, 19% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 69% go by car, 6% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle69% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C653 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month June34 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesCudworth Welfare Parkpark · under a mile · 5 haRabbit Ings Country Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 78 haDearne Valley Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 93 haDorothy Hyman Sports Centresports ground · under a mile · 8 haRobert Street Allotmentsallotments · under a mileMiners' Welfare Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.1 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes199 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200846 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 20258 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.9 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband87% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,911 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation76 m249 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 35 to 82 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalKendray Hospital2.7 miGP surgeryThe Rose Tree Pms Practice16 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyWell6 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistCudworth Dental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi16 schools11 primary, 2 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryChurchfield Primary Schoolages 5-11, 419 pupilsright herePrimaryCherry Dale Primary Schoolages 3-11, 326 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryOutwood Academy Shaftonages 11-16, 1,377 pupilsunder a mileCollegeBarnsley College3.3 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University13.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA22 miRailway stationBarnsley3.0 miBus stationBarnsley Interchange/A24Barnsley Town Centre3.0 miBus stops40 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S72 postcode district.
