Hellaby and Maltby West 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

Hellaby and Maltby West ward lies in the east of Rotherham with a population of 8,312 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. Much of the western boundary of the ward if formed by the M18 motorway including junction one. In the west of the ward is the parish of Hellaby (population 767) and the location of a large industrial estate. Further east are the western suburbs of Maltby, served by the West ward of the Maltby Town council (total town population 16,472). This is a mixture of modern housing estates and a more established residential area including council housing. The south of the ward is served by Hooton Levitt parish (population128).

Hellaby and Maltby West has a high proportion of owner-occupied housing and few rented homes. The ward is one of the least deprived in the borough and has only a few pockets of deprivation, such as in south west Maltby.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -453 (-5.17%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Hellaby & Maltby West 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 53% of the population aged 45+ compared to the Rotherham average of 46.6%.

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 both the 2011 census and latest School and Pupil census by the ethnic groupings used by the ONS.

Hellaby and Maltby West 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: 3,683 (3,577 in 2011), Households in 2018: 3,708 (3,577 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Hellaby & Maltby West has increased by 106 (+3%) since 2011 and there are 131 more households (+4%). In 2020, there are 25 more households than dwellings meaning there is a small housing shortage in the ward.

Hellaby & Maltby West has mainly owner-occupied housing with a high proportion of detached houses. Rented housing is relatively scarce in the ward and there are few terraced houses or flats.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 296 (227 houses and 69 flats), 8% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Hellaby and Maltby West has a high proportion of local jobs in transport, manufacturing and transportation and storage. Many local jobs are on Hellaby Industrial Estate and the ward has enough jobs for all its working aged population.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Hellaby & Maltby West is well below 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): 6.6% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 18.6% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Hellaby and Maltby West had rates of poor health and disability below the Borough average in 2011 but the same as or higher than the national average. Disability benefit claims are slightly below the Borough average.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 60% 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 premature deaths. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

Compared to Rotherham average, Hellaby & Maltby West ward is better for (has lower rates/less):

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds and admissions for injuries in under 15s (f); children with excess weight Year 6 and obese children reception year and year 6 (e); deaths from all cancer under 75 years, from all causes under 75 years and deaths from causes considered preventable, from circulatory disease under 75 years and from coronary heart disease all ages (c); emergency admissions in under 5s (b); emergency hospital admissions for all causes, for CHD, and for Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) (d) hospital stays for self-harm (d).

In contrast Hellaby and Maltby ward is worse for (has higher rates/more):

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (c); emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (d); incidence of colorectal, lung and prostate cancer (a); smoking prevalence at 15 years regular and at 15 years regular or occasional (2014).

Hellaby & Maltby West ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (0.8 years more for men and 0.5 years more for women). (c).

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

Better than Rotherham average

Obese Children Reception Year (%) (b) 7.3 Rotherham 11

Emergency hospital admissions for Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) (d) 85 Rotherham 112.1

Emergency hospital admissions for CHD (d) 89.2 Rotherham 115.1

Emergency admissions in under 5s (Crude rate per 1000) (b) 125.5 Rotherham 160.4

Admissions for injuries in under 15s (Crude rate/100000 aged 0-17) (b) 85.4 Rotherham 107

Worse than Rotherham average

Incidence of colorectal cancer (SIR/per 100) (a) 145.5 Rotherham 101.3

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (%) (2014) 9.9 Rotherham 7.2

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (SMR) (a) 131.5 Rotherham 97.3

Emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (SAR) (d) 138.6 Rotherham 104

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular or Occasional (%) (2014) 12.4 Rotherham 10

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)

Hellaby & Maltby West ward has well above average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 3rd out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Maltby Academy

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 84.6% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8%) 

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

69.2% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

58.8% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

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

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 16.8% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 20.9% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 513 (62 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 113 (14 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Hellaby & Maltby West 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 Hellaby and Maltby West

Deprivation in Hellaby & Maltby West is well below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There are 2 neighbourhoods which are far more deprived than the ward average. No neighbourhoods are in the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is below average in Hellaby & Maltby West for all age groups. Whilst elderly people are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than other groups, the level is still well below the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Hellaby & Maltby West is 17 (16 in 2015), well below the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 17,423 (53th 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)