Brinsworth ward

Ward description

Population

Ethnicity

Housing and Households

Employment, Benefits and Pension

General Health and Disability

Lifestyles and Specific Health Issues

Education

Crime and Anti-social Behaviour

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 and 2019

Data sources

Description

Brinsworth ward lies in the west of Rotherham Borough, with a population of 8,757 (2019 population estimate). Most of the residential population live in the parish of Brinsworth (population 8,757) with the remainder in the Pheonix area north of Bawtry Road.

Suburban housing predominates in Brinsworth and is popular with commuters to both Rotherham and Sheffield. Junction 33 of the M1 motorway is situated in the ward. Although there are deprived pockets, the ward is generally less deprived than average for Rotherham.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -32 (-0.4%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Brinsworth ward has hardly changed since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population.  The age structure of the population is similar to the Rotherham 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 both the 2011 census and latest School and Pupil census by the ethnic groupings used by the ONS.

Brinsworth is among the 80% of wards in Rotherham where the white British population exceeds 90%. However, the 2020 School and Pupil Census shows BAME heritage accounting for over 10%.

Housing and Households

Dwellings in 2020: 3,853 (3,582 in 2011), Households in 2020: 3,850 (3,582 in 2011) The number of dwellings in Brinsworth has increased by 271 (+8%) since 2011 and there are 268 more households (+7%).

Brinsworth has a high proportion of owner-occupied semi-detached housing which makes up two thirds of all homes in the ward. There are notably few flats, most of which are social rented.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 291 (181 houses and 110 flats), 8% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Over 50% all of jobs in Brinsworth are based in education, meaning public sector jobs in the ward are well above the borough average. Employment levels in the ward depend on opportunities in other areas as local jobs account for 14% of local workers in 2019.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Brinsworth is below the Rotherham average.

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Brinsworth is below the Borough average.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 6.1% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 19% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Brinsworth had rates of poor health and disability below the Borough average in 2011 but higher than the national average in both cases. Disability benefit claims were below borough averages in 2020.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 70% of health and lifestyle indicators are better (have lower rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a quarter of indicators are significantly better, particularly in terms of lower rates of emergency hospital admissions and incidence of cancer. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

Compared to Rotherham average, Brinsworth ward is better (has lower rates/less) for:

Deaths from all causes all ages, deaths from all causes under 75 years, deaths from causes considered preventable, circulatory disease all ages, coronary heart disease all ages, and from respiratory diseases all ages all persons (c); emergency hospital admissions for all causes including CHD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), hip fracture in 65+, Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and strokes (d);  incidence of all cancer including breast cancer and prostate cancer (a); Hospital stays for alcohol related harm and for self-harm (d).

In contrast Brinsworth ward is worse for (has higher rates of):

A and E attendances in under 5s (b); deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (c); obese children in Reception Year and Year 6 (e).

Brinsworth ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (1 year more life expectancy for men and 2.7 years more for women) (c).

The Top 5 better and worse indicators are shown below (see Notes):

Better than Rotherham average

Incidence of prostate cancer (SIR/per 100) (2012-2016) 58.1 Rotherham 90

Emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2013/4-2017/18) 122 Rotherham 168.1

Incidence of breast cancer (SIR/per 100) (2012-2016) 74.5 Rotherham 93.4

Emergency hospital admissions for CHD (SAR) (2013/4-2017/18) 92.9 Rotherham 115.1

Emergency hospital admissions for stroke (SAR) (2013/4-2017/18) 88.5 Rotherham 108.7

Worse than Rotherham average

Obese Children Year 6 (%) (2015/16-2017/18) 26.2 Rotherham 22.3

Obese Children Reception Year (%) (2015/16-2017-18) 12.8 Rotherham 11

Deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (2013-2017) 133.3 Rotherham 119.4

A and E attendances in under 5s (Crude rate per 1000) (2013/14-2015/16) 550.2 Rotherham 494.4

Children with excess weight Reception Year (%) (2015/16-2017-18) 25.9 Rotherham 23.8

Notes 

Hospital admissions, cancer incidence and death rates are standardised to England (England = 100) 

A ratio less than 100 is relatively better, more than 100 is relatively worse. 

These are based on 5 years data to produce robust rates at ward level. 

Cancer incidence data based on 2012-2016, children emergency admissions/A&E attendances 2013/14-2015/16, deaths 2013-2017, hospital admissions/stays/emergency admissions 2013/14-2017/18, children’s weight indicators 2015/16-2017-18, admissions for injury (children) 2011/12-2015/16.

Data periods: (a) 2012-2016 (b) 2013/14-2015/16 (c) 2013-2017 (d) 2013/14-2017/18 (e) 2015/16-2017/18 (f) 2011/12-2015/16. 

Data represents persons all ages unless otherwise specified. 

*Modelled prevalence (based on socio-demographic profile and small area population data) 

**Persons aged under 75. 

‘better’ and ‘worse’ based on differences over 10% from Rotherham average. 

Top 5 – Based on statistically significant or largest differences from Rotherham value. Ordering difficult due to comparing different measures (rates, percentages, ratios, life expectancy) 

Covid-19

Number of residents who tested positive for Covid-19
 (1st January 2020 – 21st March 2021)

Brinsworth ward has slightly above average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 8th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Brinsworth Academy

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 67.4% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8)

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019:

52.2% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

GCSE attainment in English & Maths - pass at 9-4 level (A*-C) - 2019

49.0% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

Primary and secondary attainment in 2019 was below the Rotherham averages.

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Degree or diploma 11.9% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 22.4% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 503 (57 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90)

Recorded ASB (2018/19): 135 (15 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Brinsworth 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 Brinsworth

Deprivation in Brinsworth is below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There are 2 neighbourhoods (Brinsworth North East and Brinsworth Manor) which are more deprived than the ward average, however no neighbourhoods are within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is below average in Brinsworth for all age groups. Whilst children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, however the level is still well below the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Brinsworth is 19 (18 in 2015), well below the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 15,863 (48th percentile).

Data Sources

2011 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)

Public Health England Covid-19 Situation Awareness Explorer (22/03/2021)