Dinnington 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

Dinnington lies in the south east of Rotherham Borough, with a population of 13,262 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by three members of the Council. The ward is based on the small town of Dinnington and parish of Dinnington St Johns (total parish population 9,078), with the exception of Dinnington Park Avenue parish ward, as well as the villages and parishes of Laughton en le Morthen (population 1,263), Firbeck (population 311), Letwell (population 277) and Gildingwells (population 217). Also included is the village of Laughton Common which is served by South ward of Thurcroft parish (total parish population 8,216).

The ward is very varied with extensive rural areas as well as an industrial area, a deprived former mining community and modern suburban housing estates, popular with commuters.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: +613 (4.9%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Dinnington ward has increased since 2011, at a higher rate than the 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.

Dinnington 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 2020: 5,902 (5,331 in 2011), Households in 2020:  5,991 (5,331 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Dinnington has increased by 571 (+11%) since 2011 and there are more households 660 (+12%). In 2020, there are 89 more households than dwellings in Dinnington indicating a housing shortage.

Housing in Dinnington is mainly owner occupied with a large proportion of detached houses. Private rented housing outnumbers the social rented sector, being mainly semi-detached and terraced, with relatively few flats.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 579 (499 houses and 80 flats), 10% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Dinnington has a high proportion of workplace employment in retail, construction and manufacturing, and a correspondingly low proportion in services. The number of jobs in the ward is equivalent to 59% of the local working age population.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Dinnington is close to or just below the Rotherham average.

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Dinnington is below the Borough average

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 7.0% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 20.8% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Dinnington had rates of poor health and disability slightly below the Borough average in 2011 but higher than the national average, whilst the proportion claiming disability benefits was below the Borough average

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 50% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a quarter of indicators are significantly worse, particularly in terms of higher admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds and deaths from strokes (all ages all persons). The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

Compared to Rotherham average, Dinnington ward is better for (has lower rates):

Deliveries to teenage mothers (d); incidence of colorectal cancer (a); admissions for injuries in under 5s (f); deaths from all cancer under 75 years (c).

In contrast Dinnington ward is worse for (has higher rates/more):

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds (f); deaths from all causes all ages, deaths from circulatory disease all ages and under 75 years, deaths from stroke all ages all persons (c); emergency admissions in under 5s (b); emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (d); smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular and smoking prevalence at 15 years regular or occasional (2014).

Dinnington ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth for men compared to Rotherham overall (0.4 years more) however life expectancy at birth for women is less/lower than Rotherham overall (0.7 years less for women) (c).

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

Better than Rotherham average

Deliveries to teenage mothers (2013/14-2015/16) 1% Rotherham 1.6%

Incidence of colorectal cancer (2012-2016) 81.8 Rotherham 101.3

Admissions for injuries in under 5s (2011/12-2015/16) 110.3  134.1

Deaths from all cancer under 75 years (2013-2017) 100 Rotherham 110.7

Emergency hospital admissions for CHD (2013/14-2017/18) 104.9 Rotherham 115.1

Worse than Rotherham average

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds (2011/12-2015/16) 164.6 Rotherham 126.3

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (2013-2017) 123.6 Rotherham 97.3

Emergency admissions in under 5s (2013/14-2015/16) 191.6 Rotherham 160.4

Emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (2013/14-2017/18) 122.1 Rotherham 104

Deaths from all causes all ages (2013-2017) 130.4 Rotherham 113.4

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)

Dinnington ward has below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 18th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Dinnington High School

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 59.5% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

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

52.6% (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 2014 was below the Rotherham averages.

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 15.5% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 21.4% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 1097 (83 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 298 (22 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Dinnington 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 Dinnington

Deprivation in Dinnington is above the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There are 3 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average, Dinnington central and Dinnington East are within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is below average in Dinnington for some age groups. Children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, the level being slightly above the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Dinnington is 30 (28 in 2015), above the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 11,283 (34th 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)