Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

Borough of Barnsley
Metropolitan borough
Barnsley, the largest settlement and administrative centre of the borough.
Arms of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	South Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Barnsley
Government
• Type	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour
• MPs:	John Healey (Lab.), Dan Jarvis (Lab.), Stephanie Peacock (Lab.), Marie Tidball (Lab.)
Area
• Total	127 sq mi (329 km2)
• Rank	114th
Population  (2022)
• Total	246,482
• Rank	Ranked 76th
• Density	1,900/sq mi (750/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.9% White 0.9% Asian 0.9% Mixed 0.7% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 51.3% Christianity 42.1% no religion 5.2% not stated 0.6% Islam 0.4% other 0.2% % Buddhism 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2	GB-BNS
ONS code	00CC (ONS) E08000016 (GSS)
Website	barnsley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland.

The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east. It is estimated that around 16% of the borough is classed as urban overall, with this area being home to the vast majority of its residents. Additionally, 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectares is green belt and 9% is national park land, the majority of which is west of the M1. In 2007, it was estimated that Barnsley had 224,600 residents, measured at the 2011 census as 231,221.^[2]

The neighbouring districts are Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, High Peak, Kirklees and Wakefield.