Local servicesHospitalKendray Hospital6.3 miGP surgeryPark Green Surgery8 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyLo's Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistCommunity Dental Clinicunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi12 schools10 primary, 2 secondaryPrimaryArk Northfield Primary Schoolages 3-11, 348 pupilsunder a milePrimarySouth Kirkby Academyages 7-11, 186 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryMinsthorpe Community Collegeages 11-18, 1,609 pupils1.5 miCollegeBarnsley College7.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA23 miRailway stationMoorthorpeunder a mileBus stationSouth Elmsall Bus Station1.5 miBus stops44 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WF9 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 4 min4:35 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 27 min8:19 am – 3:47 pm
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People7,186 residentsin the South Kirkby census areaMedian age 37.92,876 households55% of homes owner-occupied25% owned outright33% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.7% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 3,043 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 29%, health and social work 13%, construction 9%Getting to work: 13% work from home, 74% go by car, 4% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages17% of adults hold a degree or higher32% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%1% 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°C646 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month June35 days of air frost, 11 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 landmarksThe Beckriver · 1.6 miRingstone Hillhill · 1.5 miFrickley Brookriver · 2.1 miSouth Kirkby Marshwetland · under a mileHargate Hillhill · 2.0 miBall Park Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHowell Wood Country Parkpark · under a mile · 75 haLangthwaite Commonpark · under a mileSouth Elmsall Commonpark · 1.5 miGallon Croft Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haWestfield Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 mi · 4 haKung Fu Academysports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes179 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200843 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 20257 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 7.8 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband98% 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)3,087 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation45 m148 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 28 to 71 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
