Ward profile
Employment, Benefits and Pension
Lifestyles and Specific Health Issues
Crime and Anti-social Behaviour
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 and 2019
Description
Bramley and Ravenfield ward lies in the north east of the borough, with a population of 8,476 (2021 census). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. The ward covers a large rural area but most people live in the Bramley area along with Ravenfield Common. North of the main residential area the ward is rural with the villages of Hooton Roberts, Firsby and Ravenfield set in open countryside including part of Thrybergh Country Park. To the east of Bramley, the ward borders junction one of the M18 motorway.
Bramley and Ravenfield ward is served by two parish councils including the North and South wards of Bramley Parish (total population 6,965) Council and the whole of Ravenfield (population 2,816). Hooton Roberts, with a population of population 173, has a parish meeting.
Population by Age
| 2021 Census | Population | Percentage | Rotherham Average |
| Aged 0-15 | 1,303 | 15.4% | 18.9 |
| Aged 16-24 | 684 | 8.1% | 9.6 |
| Aged 25-44 | 1,761 | 20.8% | 25.1 |
| Aged 45-64 | 2,547 | 30.0% | 26.8 |
| Aged 65+ | 2,181 | 25.7% | 19.7 |
| Total | 8,476 | 100% | 100% |
Population change since 2011: -1016 (-10.7%) (Rotherham +3.3%)
The population of Bramley & Ravenfield ward has fallen by just over 10% since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population. The age structure of the population is significantly older than the Rotherham average, with the percentage aged 65+ being well above average.
Ethnicity
Official population ethnicity data is collected and analysed every ten years as part of the National Census. Unfortunately, this breakdown is not included within the annual mid-year estimate statistics published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Local populations can change significantly during the lifetime of this dataset. Therefore, as a local proxy we utilise the annual School and Pupil Census data to create an estimation of the current ethnicity breakdown.
The table below provides the ward analysis of the 2011 census, 2021 census and 2020 School and Pupil census by the ethnic groupings used by the ONS. In order to protect against disclosure of personal information, records have been swapped between different geographic areas and counts perturbed by small amounts. Small counts at the lowest geographies will be most affected.
| 2011 National Census |
2020 School and Pupil Census |
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| Ethnic Group |
Ward population |
% Ward population |
% Rotherham Population |
% Pupils living in Ward |
% Pupils living in Rotherham |
| White British | 9,246 | 97.4% | 91.9% | 93.5 | 80.8% |
| White Other | 83 | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 4.7% |
| Mixed/Multiple | 43 | 0.5% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 3.2% |
| Asian/Asian British | 87 | 0.9% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
| Black/Black British | 20 | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
| Other Ethnic group | 13 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Not known | - | - | - | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Ethnic minority total | 246 | 2.6% | 8.1% | 5.7% | 18.6% |
| 2021 National Census | |||
| Ethnic Group |
Ward population |
% Ward population |
% Rotherham Population |
| White British | 8,158 | 96.2% | 88.3% |
| White Other | 92 | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Mixed/Multiple | 80 | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Asian/Asian British | 99 | 1.2% | 5.3% |
| Black/Black British | 27 | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Other Ethnic group | 25 | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Not known | - | - | - |
| Ethnic minority total | 368 | 3.1% | 11.7% |
Bramley and Ravenfield is among the 80% of wards in Rotherham where the white British population exceeds 90%, and the 60% of wards where the 2020 School and Pupil Census shows white British exceeding 90%.
Housing and Households
Dwellings in 2021: 3,891 (4,043 in 2011), Households in 2020: 3,772 (4,043 in 2011).
The number of dwellings in Bramley & Ravenfield has decreased by 152 (4%) since 2011 and there are 271 fewer households (-7%). There are 119 more dwellings than households in the ward indicating a small property excess.
| 2021 Census | Detached | Semi | Terraced | Flats | Caravan, mobile or temporary structure | Total |
| Owner Occupied | 1,764 | 870 | 349 | 55 | 0 | 3,315 |
| Social Rented | 18 | 145 | 68 | 96 | 1 | 376 |
| Private Rented | 11 | 155 | 93 | 46 | 0 | 352 |
| Total | 1,893 | 1,170 | 510 | 196 | 1 | 4,043 |
Housing in Bramley & Ravenfield is mainly owner occupied, mostly detached and semidetached. The ward has relatively high proportion of private rented housing, most of which is semi-detached.
Council Rented Properties in 2021: 258 (199 houses and 59 flats), 7% of dwellings.
Employment, Benefits and Pensions
| Employment by Industry (2019) | Bramley & Ravenfield |
Percent | Rotherham Average |
| Manufacturing & Production | 50 | 4.0% | 15.6% |
| Construction | 145 | 11.6% | 7.5% |
| Motor Trades,Wholesale & Retail | 380 | 30.4% | 15.6% |
| Transport & storage | 15 | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Accomodation & food services | 85 | 6.8% | 5.9% |
| Information & communication | 30 | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Financial & insurance | - | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Property | 5 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Professional, scientific & techincal | 95 | 7.6% | 4.0% |
| Business administration & support services | 50 | 4.0% | 8.6% |
| Public administration & defence | - | 0.0% | 6.0% |
| Education | 180 | 14.4% | 9.0% |
| Health | 160 | 12.8% | 13.8% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services | 55 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
| Total | 1,250 | 100% | 100% |
Bramley & Ravenfield has few jobs in production industries and a varied pattern in the service sector, with many jobs in motor trade, wholesale & retail, health, and education. Employment levels in the ward depend on opportunities in other areas as local jobs account for 22% of local workers in 2019.
Benefits and Pensions (ONS)
| Claimant count | |||||
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March 2022 No. of claimants in ward |
March 2022 % of ward population aged 16-64 |
March 2022 Rotherham average % |
March 2023 No. of claimants in ward |
March 2023 % of ward population aged 16-64 |
March 2023 Rotherham average % |
| 105 | 2.3% | 5.1% | 65 | 1.4% | 4.5% |
The proportion of people claiming benefits in Bramley & Ravenfield is well below the Rotherham average.
Child Poverty (DWP)
The table below shows the number and percentage of children (aged under 16) living in Absolute low-income families in the ward and in Rotherham.
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No. and % of children (aged under 16) living in Absolute low-income families |
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| Ward | No. of children 2020/21 | % of children 2020/21 | No. of children 2021/22 (p) | % of children 2021/22 (p) |
| Anston & Woodsetts | 136 | 11.2% | 100 | 8.3% |
| Rotherham (total) | 11,276 | 21.9% | 8,989 | 17.9% |
Child poverty in Bramley & Ravenfield is well below the borough average.
General Health and Disability
General Health bad or very bad (Census 2021): 5.6% (Rotherham 7.0%, England 5.2%)
Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (Census 2021): 18.9% (Rotherham 21.1%, England 17.3%)
| DWP Disability Benefits (Qtr to Aug 22) | Number | Percentage | Rotherham Average |
| Attendance Allowance (aged 65+) | 257 | 11.8% | 13.2% |
| Disability Living Allowance (all ages) | 213 | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| Personal Independence Payment (16-64) | 294 | 5.9% | 9.3% |
| Total on Disability Benefits | 1,015 | 9.0% | 11.4% |
Bramley & Ravenfield had rates of poor health and disability below the borough average in 2021, but still higher than the national average. The proportion of people on disability benefits is slightly to the Rotherham average.
Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues
80% of health and lifestyle indicators are better (have lower rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a half of indicators are significantly better, particularly in terms of lower rates of emergency hospital admissions and premature deaths.
Bramley & Ravenfield ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (3.2 years more life expectancy for men and 4.2 years more for women) (2016-2020).
Compared to Rotherham average, Bramley & Ravenfield ward is better (has lower rates) for:
Life expectancy & causes of death
Deaths from; causes considered preventable, under 75 years; respiratory diseases, all ages; all causes, under 75 years; all causes, all ages; all cancer, under 75 years; circulatory disease, under 75 years; stroke, all ages; circulatory disease, all ages; coronary heart disease, all ages.
Disease & poor health
Emergency hospital admissions for; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); intentional self-harm; stroke; admissions for all causes, all ages.
Incidence of; lung cancer; breast cancer.
Hospital admissions for; alcohol attributable conditions, (Narrow definition); alcohol attributable conditions, (Broad definition).
Percentage of people who reported having a limiting long-term illness or disability.
Behavioural risk factors and child health
Deliveries to teenage mothers
Emergency hospital admissions for; injuries in under 5 years old; injuries in 15 to 24 years old; admissions in under 5 years old
Reception: Prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity).
Reception: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity).
In contrast Bramley and Ravenfield ward is worse for (has higher rates of):
Disease & poor health
Incidence of; prostate cancer; colorectal cancer.
Behavioural risk factors and child health
Year 6: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity).
Smoking prevalence at age 15 - regular or occasional smokers.
Smoking prevalence at age 15 - regular smokers.
Notes
‘Better’ and ‘worse’ based on differences over 10% from Rotherham average.
Data represents persons all ages unless otherwise specified.
Cancer incidence data based on 2016-2019, children emergency admissions/A&E attendances/admissions for injury 2016/17-2020/21, life expectancy & mortality 2016-2020, hospital admissions/stays/emergency admissions 2016/17-2020/21, children’s weight indicators 2019/20-2021-22, deliveries to teenage mothers 2016/17-2020/21, general fertility rate – live births and low birth rate 2016-2020.
Smoking data based on modelled estimates from 2014.
Percentage of people with limiting long-term illness or disability from 2011.
Source: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, Fingertips Public Health Data.
Education
(only highest level of qualification/level 4+ and no qualifications updated with 2021 census data)
Local Secondary School: Thrybergh Academy and Wickersley School and Sports College (Academy)
Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 81.4% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8)
Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019: 75.7% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%)
GCSE attainment in English & Maths - pass at 9-4 level (A*-C) - 2019
71.4% (Rotherham average 51.9%)
Primary and secondary attainment in 2019 was above the Rotherham averages.
Highest Level of Qualification (2021 Census):
Level 4 or above 27.8% (Rotherham 23.1%, England 33.9%)
No Qualifications 18.7% (Rotherham 23.4%, England 18.1%)
Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
Recorded Crime (2020): 485 (52 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)
Recorded ASB (2020): 146 (16 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)
Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Bramley & Ravenfield are less than half the Rotherham average.
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 & 2019
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a government index for all areas in England. The 2019 index uses 37 indicators across 7 deprivation domains (themes) with a 2013/14 baseline. The IMD is only produced for Lower-level Super Output Areas (SOAs) of which there are 167 in Rotherham (around 8 per ward) and 32,844 in England, each with around 1,500 people. SOAs are ranked across England where 1 is the most deprived. Any rank below 3,285 indicates that an area is within the 10% most deprived areas of England.
Deprivation in Bramley and Ravenfield
Deprivation in Bramley & Ravenfield is well below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There is 1 neighbourhood (Bramley Grange) which are more deprived than the ward average, however there is no neighbourhood that falls within the most deprived 10% of England.
| Indices of Deprivation 2019 | |||||
| Deprived of Income | Persons | Income Deprived | Percent 2019 | Percent 2015 | Rotherham Average |
| All people | 9,425 | 705 | 7% | 8% | 17% |
| Children 0-15 | 1,522 | 110 | 7% | 7% | 22% |
| Working age 16-59 | 5,147 | 315 | 6% | 7% | 15% |
| Older people 60+ | 2,756 | 280 | 10% | 14% | 16% |
Income deprivation is below average in Bramley & Ravenfield for all age groups. Children are less likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults aged over 60, with the level being well below the Borough average.
| SOA Code | SOA Local Name | IMD Score 2019 |
IMD Socre 2015 | IMD Rank 2019 |
IMD Rank 2015 |
IMD Decile 2019 |
IMD Decile 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E01007681 | Bramley Grange | 19.1 | 17.5 | 15,130 | 16,295 | 5 | 5 |
| E01007683 | Bramley North | 13.0 | 12.4 | 21,013 | 21,364 | 7 | 7 |
| E01007684 | Bramley South West | 14.4 | 13.2 | 19,506 | 20,464 | 6 | 7 |
| E01007689 | Bramley South East | 14.7 | 11.5 | 19,241 | 22,378 | 6 | 7 |
| E01007691 | Ravenfield Common | 10.3 | 6.9 | 24,0,79 | 28,115 | 8 | 9 |
| E01007692 | Ravenfield | 16.2 | 12.9 | 17,776 | 20,746 | 6 | 7 |
The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Bramley & Ravenfield is 15 (12 in 2015), well below the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 19,458 (59th percentile).
Data Sources
2011 Census, 2021 Census, ward population estimates: Office for National Statistics
Employment data: Business Register and Employment Survey, ONS (via NOMIS)
Benefit data: Department for Work and Pensions (via NOMIS)
Child poverty data: HM Revenue and Customs
Local Health Indicators: Public Health England. For non-commercial use only.
Hospital Admissions: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
Modelled smoking prevalence estimates: University of Essex, Office for National Statistics and other sources.
Mortality: Office for National Statistics. (ONS)
Dwellings, households, council benefits, educational attainment: Rotherham MBC
Crime and ASB: South Yorkshire Police
Indices of Deprivation 2015 & 2019: Department for Communities and Local Government
Office for National Statistics sources licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
Rotherham School and Pupil Census (January 2020)