Greasbrough 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

Greasbrough ward lies in the north-west of the Borough, with a population of 7,854 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. Greasbrough covers the mainly council housing areas of Rockingham, Wingfield and Munsbrough. A high proportion of council homes in the ward are flats. Deprivation is generally quite high in the ward. The main area of private housing is Greasbrough which is an old village with some terraced housing. On the northern and eastern fringes of Greasbrough is open countryside. Most of the open land in the south east is designated for the new Bassingthorpe housing development in the longer term.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -275 (-3.4%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Greasbrough ward has decreased 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 45+ 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 both the 2011 census and latest School and Pupil census by the ethnic groupings used by the ONS.

Greasbrough 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: 4,244 (3,992 in 2011), Households in 2020: 4,238 (3,992 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Greasbrough has increased by 252 (+6%) since 2011 and there are an additional 246 households (+6%). These increases and the small decline in population (-3.4%) indicate falling average household size.

Greasbrough has one of the highest proportions of social rented housing in Rotherham, the majority of which are flats. Over 75% of owner-occupied homes are semis or terraced, with few detached properties or flats.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 1,752 (517 houses and 1,235 flats), 41% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Production industries and retail account to over 50% of employment opportunities in the ward with public sector roles being below borough averages. Employment levels in the ward depend on opportunities in other areas such as the town centre as local jobs were sufficient for 42% of working age people.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Greasbrough is well above the Rotherham average.

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Grasbrough is below the Borough averages.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 10.8% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 27.4% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Greasbrough had higher rates of poor health and disability than the Borough average in 2011 and was much higher than the national average. This is reflected in the relatively high proportion of people of all ages on disability benefits.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 60% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, over a third of indicators are significantly worse, particularly in terms of deaths from causes considered preventable, respiratory diseases and from all causes under 75 years (SMR).  There is a high rate of deliveries to teenage mothers, hospital stays for self-harm, admissions for injuries in under 5’s and emergency hospital admissions for COPD.  The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

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

Smoking prevalence at 15 years regular and at 15 years regular or occasional (2014); obese children reception year (e); emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (d); and incidence of prostate cancer (a).

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

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds, in under 15s and in under 5s (f), back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011); deaths from all cancer all, from all cancer under 75 years, from all causes all ages, from all causes under 75 years, from causes considered preventable and from respiratory diseases all ages all persons (c); deliveries to teenage mothers (d); emergency hospital admissions for all causes, for CHD, for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and for Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) (d); hospital stays for alcohol related harm (broad and narrow definition) (SAR) and for self-harm (d); incidence of lung cancer (a); limiting long-term illness or disability (2011); low birth weight of term babies (d); and severe back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011).

Greasbrough ward has lower (worse) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (3.2 years less life expectancy for men and 2.3 years less for women) (c).

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

Better than Rotherham average

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014) 5.1% Rotherham 7.2%

Obese Children Reception Year (2015/16-2017/18) 7.9% Rotherham 11%

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular or Occasional (2014) 8.1% Rotherham 10%

Emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (2013/14-2017/18) 85.7 Rotherham 104

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 79.3 Rotherham 90

Worse than Rotherham average

Deliveries to teenage mothers (2013/14-2017/18) 3.5% Rotherham 1.6%

Hospital stays for self harm (2013/14-2017/18) 148.1 Rotherham 84.3

Admissions for injuries in under 5s (2011/12-2015/16) 193.2 Rotherham 134.1

Emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2013/14-2017/18) 232.6 Rotherham 168.1

Deaths from all causes under 75 years (2013-2017) 158.6 Rotherham 115.9

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)

Greasbrough ward has slightly below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 10th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Winterhill School (Local Authority)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

63.1% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

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

49.3% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

50.0% (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 9.2% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 32.4% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 1053 (13.4 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 9 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 236 (30 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Greasbrough 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 Greasbrough     

Deprivation in Greasbrough is above the Borough average and in most of the ward is also above the national average. There are 3 neighbourhoods which are far more deprived than the ward average. Munsbrough, Wingfield and Rockingham West are within the most deprived 10% of England.

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

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Greasbrough is 42 (40 in 2019) well above the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 5,182 (16th 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)