Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:36 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 29 min8:19 am – 3:48 pm
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People9,334 residentsin the Brightside & Wincobank census areaMedian age 39.14,088 households62% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright17% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.2% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 4,189 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 19%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 19% work from home, 61% go by car, 9% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle83% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages23% of adults hold a degree or higher25% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 88%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C726 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November36 days of air frost, 12 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)
Nearby landmarksWood Hillhill · 1.3 miBrush House Hillhill · 1.5 miDon Islandisland · 2.6 miOckley Bottomvalley · 1.4 miWincobank Woodwoodland · under a mileGallery Bottomvalley · 2.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesWincobank Commonpark · within reach · 12 haFirth Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haShiregreen Brickworkspark · under a mile · 3 haConcord Park Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 29 haConcord Parkplaying field · under a mile · 29 haSt Thomas British Boxingsports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes217 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200845 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202519 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 13 · PM2.5 7.8 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% 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)4,314 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation116 m381 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 29 to 159 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorthern General Hospital1.4 miGP surgeryWincobank Medical Centre22 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAllied Pharmacy Tyler Street15 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi28 schools17 primary, 4 secondary, 2 all-through, 1 independent, 3 special, 1 sixth formPrimaryBrigantia Hill Fort Academyages 2-11, 325 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLimpsfield Junior Schoolages 7-11under a mileAll-throughHinde House 2-16 Academyages 2-16, 1,456 pupilsunder a mileCollegeRNN Group3.1 miUniversitySheffield Hallam University3.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA33 miRailway stationMeadowhallunder a mileLight railMeadowhall Interchangeunder a mileBus stationMeadowhall Interchange/D1under a mileBus stops154 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the S9 postcode district.
