Brierley
Village · 2,401 residents
45Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 73, well above the typical 60
- Environment scores 73, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 19, below the typical 60
- Health scores 26, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Brierley
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Brierley a good place to live?
Brierley scores 45/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (73) and environment (73).
It scores lowest on food & drink (19) and health (26).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Brierley in Yorkshire and The Humber, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Brierley
Brierley is the kind of place where the streetscape does the talking before you've parked the car: low-rise semis, hedges rather than walls, and not much passing traffic beyond people who already live there. It's a small village — a few hundred people spread thinly across the plot — and it reads as settled rather than transitional, the sort of spot where you'd recognise the same dog walkers each week.
The practical picture is a mixed one, and worth sitting with. Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is rated Good and anchors the place for families with young children, though beyond that one school the choices thin out quickly as children get older. Getting around by road looks to be well served, but public transport is the area's soft spot — the connectivity grade lags well behind everything else here, so this reads as a village for people who drive rather than commute by train. With a median age pushing 42, it leans towards settled households and older residents rather than a young professional turnover crowd. Housing is overwhelmingly semi-detached and entirely freehold, which is the classic "family home, owned outright or on a long mortgage" signal rather than a rental or new-build market — there's been no new-build activity at all recently. Prices sit well under the national average, and even against neighbouring Barnsley, Brierley carries a premium of around 16%, so it's not the cheapest option locally, just cheap by national standards.