Dalton and Thrybergh 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

Dalton and Thrybergh ward lies in the central part of the borough, with a population of 9,256 (2021 census). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. Most of the population live in Dalton, East Herringthorpe and Thybergh. These urban areas have a high proportion of council housing and high levels of deprivation, especially East Herringthorpe. The rest of the ward covers very different areas including the small village of Dalton Magna in the east, surrounded by hilly countryside, and in the north of the ward, part of Thrybergh Country Park. 

The ward is served by two parish councils, the whole of Thrybergh parish (population 4,076) and the North ward of Dalton parish (total parish population 9,797). East Herringthorpe is not served by a parish council.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: +470 (+5.3%) (Rotherham +3.3%)

The population of Dalton & Thrybergh ward has increased by a slightly higher percentage since 2011 than the borough population.  The age structure of the population is slightly younger than the Rotherham average with 57.2% of residents under the age of 45, compared to the borough average of 53.6%.

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.

Dalton and Thrybergh is among the 80% of wards in Rotherham where the white British population exceeds 90%. However, the 2020 School and Pupil Census shows ethnic minority students accounting for over 10%, with Non-British white at 4.6% being third highest of any Rotherham ward.

Housing and Households

Dwellings in 2021: 4,190 (3,742 in 2011), Households in 2021: 3,991 (3,742 in 2011) The number of dwellings in Dalton & Thrybergh has increased by 448 (12%) since 2011 and there are 249 (6.7%) more households. There are 199 more dwellings than households in Dalton & Thrybergh indicating excess properties in the ward.

Dalton & Thrybergh has a relatively high proportion of social rented housing and over 50% of all housing is rented. The ward has the highest percentage of semi-detached houses in Rotherham, which is reflected in all tenures. There are notably few detached or terraced houses.

Council Rented Properties in 2021: 1,726 (1,381 houses and 345 flats), 41% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Dalton & Thrybergh has a high proportion of local jobs in retail, education and accommodation and food services but less than 10% of the Borough average is in production industries. Employment opportunities for working aged residents stand at 36%, meaning a large majority of residents will need to seek opportunities in other areas of the borough

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Dalton & Thrybergh is above 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.

Child poverty in Dalton & Thrybergh is well above the borough average

General Health and Disability

Dalton & Thrybergh had higher rates of poor health and disability than the borough average in 2021 and was much higher than the national average. Disability General Health bad or very bad (Census 2021): 10.2% (Rotherham 7.0%, England 5.2%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (Census 2021): 26.1% (Rotherham 21.1%, England 17.3%)

Benefit claims were at the highest level of any ward in the borough.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Around 90% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, over half of indicators are significantly worse, particularly in terms of higher rates of emergency hospital admissions and deaths from cancer and respiratory diseases.

Dalton & Thrybergh ward has lower (worse) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (3.7 years less life expectancy for men and 1.7 years less for women) (2016-2020).

Compared to Rotherham average, Dalton & Thrybergh ward is better for

Disease & poor health

Incidence of prostate cancer.

Behavioural risk factors and child health

Smoking prevalence at age 15 - regular smokers.

Smoking prevalence at age 15 - regular or occasional smokers.

In contrast Dalton & Thrybergh ward is worse for (has higher rates of);

Life expectancy & causes of death

Deaths from; all causes, all ages; circulatory disease, all ages; stroke, all ages; all cancer, all ages; circulatory disease, under 75 years; all causes, under 75 years; respiratory diseases, all ages; causes considered preventable, under 75 years; all cancer, under 75 years.

Disease & poor health

Incidence of all cancers, incidence of lung cancer.

Percentage of people who reported having a limiting long term illness or disability

Emergency hospital admissions for; stroke; coronary heart disease; all causes, all ages; intentional self-harm; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Hospital admissions for; alcohol attributable conditions, (Narrow definition); alcohol attributable conditions, (Broad definition).

Behavioural risk factors and child health

Year 6: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity).

Low birth weight of live babies.

Emergency hospital admissions; in under 5 years old; for injuries in under 5 years old

Year 6: Prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity).

Emergency hospital admissions.

Deliveries to teenage mothers.

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 & Sports College and Clifton Community School (Local Authority)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

61.6%(Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019: 34.5% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

37.6% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

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

Highest Level of Qualification (2021 Census):

Level 4 or above 15.3% (Rotherham 23.1%, England 33.9%)

No Qualifications 32.5% (Rotherham 23.4%, England 18.1%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 1010 (114 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1.,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 259 (29 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,00)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Dalton and Thrybergh are more 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 Dalton and Thrybergh

Deprivation in Dalton & Thrybergh is well above the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well above the national average. 3 neighbourhoods (Thrybergh South, Dalton and East Herringthorpe North) are more deprived than the ward average. Thrybergh North South, Dalton, East Herringthorpe East, Thrybergh East and East Herringthorpe North are all within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is above average in Dalton & Thrybergh for all age groups. Children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, with the level being well above the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Dalton & Thrybergh is 54 (52 in 2015), nearly double the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 2,148 (7th 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)